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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
P.G. Wodehouse is in the public domain, at least in Canada and probably also elsewhere. You can find several of his books here in the MR library. |
Alas, in the U.S., the outrageous copyright law (favoring big corporations), put only books pre-1923 into the public domain. (The idea of protecting a literary work for the life of the author + 50 years is ridiculous--it benefits the heirs, companies, and estates--rather than the creative talent that wrote the books. It's especially odd given that the patent protection-- for society changing objects--is far, far less, only 17 years. Unless the companies got to that, too!)
I have all the Wodehouse p.d. ones (his public school stories are great) and, many years ago, bought or was given several print ones.
But many of the post-1923 are small font size and borrowing books is so much the nicer way to go. Save for when you can't get them!
Too bad about Bova!
Hmm... buying time?