1. A method for providing user access to electronic images of a physical text based on user ownership of the physical text, comprising: (a) receiving a request for access to one or more electronic images of a physical text in which the request identifies the user submitting the request; (b) confirming user ownership of the physical text based on the user identity; (c) consulting one or more access rules that define an amount of content in electronic images of the physical text that can be provided to the user based on the user's ownership of the physical text; and (d) providing user access to the one or more electronic images of the physical text in accordance with the one or more access rules.