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Thank you all for the response. I totally agree that ripping a beautiful cookbook apart to scan its recipes and sell it online is probably illegal and definitely unethical. What I had in mind is a platform where chefs can publish his recipes and techniques some of which are for sell. Think of chefstep but the creators are not only chefstep but any chefs. The convenient place to start is their existing cookbooks since they already have the material ready and publishing in digital format will allow them to make it pretty with more photos & videos. And of course chefs will get a majority of the sale, just like in Apple Appstore modal I haven't talked to any chefs to verify that i'm not crazy thinking they'd do this. Just think that I need to check with the real consumers first and Egullet makes it very easy to have such discussion keeprecipes.com is another "itunes for recipes" (and that is exactly their slogan). I think most people will not pay for recipes because in their mind, recipes can be googled and found for free. But as anyone in this forum will know, there is a HUGE difference between recipes you can find for free and recipes for the same dish from chefs like Thomas Keller. The latter will go to extreme depth covering not only the steps but the whys and accompanied with professionally photographed pictures Thank, Lindacakes for the insight. Do you know what type of contract do chefs typically have with cookbook publishers regarding publishing the recipes in their book to a different place? As in, can Thomas Keller take his recipes from The French Laundry cookbook and post on his website? Thanks, Dave. I've bought a few classes from Chefsteps myself. It makes me wonder if chefs like Heston or Thomas keller came out with resources that as in-depth & pretty as chefsteps, will serious home cooks be willing to pay for it.

I hope this is a good place to post a question. Please feel free to move it to more appropriate room if necessary? I purchase 10-15 cookbooks a year and do cook from most of them. But on average, I only cook about handful of recipes from each cookbook and that makes me wonder if you will purchase a single digial recipe or section / chapter from a cookbook and and if so for how much? I'm a big fan of chefs like Heston Blumenthal, Grant Archatz or Thomas Keller and I would see myself spending $2-3 for their recipe, especially if it includes many pictures (which is expensive to put on books) or video (impossible in hard format). Am I the only one to think that way?