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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
<tongue in cheek>
Amazon announced today that they had scored another ebook exclusive. Open Road Media have justed signed a contract with Amazon to provide 7 recently converted books written by Albert Einstein...
...here’s a guy who has been dead for 55 years, won’t benefit from this transaction, and yet his works are still under copyright rather than belonging to us all. How is that right?
...I can’t help but feel that some publishers are ghouls, picking over the bones of the dead.
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These editions are specially created in Kindle format: "This authorized Philosophical Library ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
Basically, the publisher decided it was not worth reprinting. Einstein died in 1955 making the body of these works public domain in some jurisdictions (Canada, for one). If there is enough interest, they can always publish in epub as well. I've never understood the flack about a publisher making market choices on which vendors to sell its goods.