12-31-2010, 04:05 PM | #1 |
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Great Gatsby and Kindle
I'm considering a Kindle, mostly for reading classics. I thought I'd start out rereading a classic, The Great Gatsby. However, Amazon wants to charge me $10.95 for what I consider an ebook that should be free.
Is there a way to read this book for free on a Kindle, or must I pay for this classic? Will I need to be paying for other classics too? I was expecting the classic books to be free. Hmm. |
12-31-2010, 04:13 PM | #2 |
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anything prior 1928 are mostly free. there are 16,000+ free books for kindle
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The Great Gatsby passed into the public domain in Australia when that nation entered the year 2011 some hours ago. Within the next two hours, all works by F. Scott Fitzgerald will pass into the public domain in death + 70 countries, which include all of the EU. Question to anyone who knows: In two hours or so, will there remain anyplace in the world where his complete works are not public domain, other than the United States? As for the morality of not respecting copyright, this is an individual matter that is endlessly debated on the internet with no conclusion. Will a R.I.A.A. of literary classics pop up and try to catch and punish you for downloading something by a long-deceased author? This is really quite unlikely, especially with the works found on this site, which are all public domain per the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (the international treaty providing a minimum copyright period some countries like the US and UK add extras on top of). P.S. Thank you for a terrifically well-timed question! P.S.S. If you find yourself abroad, or decide that you are not going to respect US copyright, you might want to google "Project Gutenberg Canada" and "Project Gutenberg of Australia." Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 12-31-2010 at 06:16 PM. |
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12-31-2010, 05:57 PM | #8 |
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In the US, there was a renewal of copyright in 1953 by his daughter:
renewal #: R109367, date: 23Mar53 The great Gatsby. © 10Apr25, A855444. Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan |
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Very interesting and informative.
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12-31-2010, 07:34 PM | #11 |
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The edition referred to by the OP contains a preface, explanatory endnotes for select passages, and a brief bio with commentary written by the publisher; all of which I'm assuming retains a copyright. Stuff like that is why even most of the classics have both free and non-free versions. (though this one doesn't appear to have a free one on Amazon, obviously)
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Thank you. The volume is extensive.
I'll buy I Kindle tomorrow as a birthday gift to myself. |
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lol 3bay... I actually looked for the book on the Gutenberg Project page and they had a reference to the copyright renewal
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