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Daithi · 07-17-2009, 03:04 PM

No books will go into the Public Domain in the U.S. anytime soon, however that is not the case for all countries. A few countries, such as Australia, have books go into the public domain 50 years after an authors death.

I'd love to know which books will soon be going into the Australian public domain over the next couple years, and thought others might as well. Anyone interested in compiling a list?

Here are a few authors I know of --

Dashiell Hammett - Jan 2011
Ernest Hemingway - July 2011
William Faulkner - July 2012

Also, in March of this year all of Raymond Chandler's books passed into the Australian public domain (no ebooks on Mobileread yet). James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake (1939) has been in the Australian public domain for a while (also not on Mobileread yet).

07-17-2009, 03:04 PM	#1
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Which authors will soon be public domain? No books will go into the Public Domain in the U.S. anytime soon, however that is not the case for all countries. A few countries, such as Australia, have books go into the public domain 50 years after an authors death. I'd love to know which books will soon be going into the Australian public domain over the next couple years, and thought others might as well. Anyone interested in compiling a list? Here are a few authors I know of -- Dashiell Hammett - Jan 2011 Ernest Hemingway - July 2011 William Faulkner - July 2012 Also, in March of this year all of Raymond Chandler's books passed into the Australian public domain (no ebooks on Mobileread yet). James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake (1939) has been in the Australian public domain for a while (also not on Mobileread yet).