In a recent in depth survey of two potential new maintenance organisations, one insisted it was essential to keep the logbooks and the other was happy for me to keep them. A no-brainer really.
This does raise the issue of flying with the logbooks in the aircraft if the maintainer is not at home base of course.
Regarding the new maintenance schedules, I'm hoping that some benefactor is going to publish a 'fill in your own details here' type of document in spreadsheet format for PA-28. Since much of the customisation relates to individual lifed components like hoses etc., non original equipment like radios and applicability of SB's etc to individual models of aircraft and engine, it out to be possible to have a template document.
Any takers out there? The deal could be that each owner publishes their amended version building up a cpllective database. Or we could all go N reg.