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JDK1962 · 02-02-2012, 06:39 AM

I'm sure it's some twit who read "How to Make 30 Gazillion Dollars selling Public Domain Ebooks for Kindle!" Might even be a copyright issue there, if it offends anyone enough to report it. From Sherlockian.Net:

"In the United States, the only Sherlock Holmes remaining in copyright is The Case Book, which will enter the public domain between 2016 and 2023. A legal challenge that would have invalidated a 1998 extension to the length of copyright — putting Sherlock Holmes into the public domain immediately — was thrown out by the Supreme Court January 15, 2003."

Still, might be worth buying as it is an annotated version. If the annotations display the same level of insight as the cover, it could be really, really funny.

In any event, MobileRead hosts a terrific Omnibus edition of Holmes that beats anything I've seen on Amazon.

02-02-2012, 06:39 AM	#22
JDK1962 Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 2054094 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Boulder, CO Device: Kindle Voyage, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (for PDFs)	I'm sure it's some twit who read "How to Make 30 Gazillion Dollars selling Public Domain Ebooks for Kindle!" Might even be a copyright issue there, if it offends anyone enough to report it. From Sherlockian.Net: "In the United States, the only Sherlock Holmes remaining in copyright is The Case Book, which will enter the public domain between 2016 and 2023. A legal challenge that would have invalidated a 1998 extension to the length of copyright — putting Sherlock Holmes into the public domain immediately — was thrown out by the Supreme Court January 15, 2003." Still, might be worth buying as it is an annotated version. If the annotations display the same level of insight as the cover, it could be really, really funny. In any event, MobileRead hosts a terrific Omnibus edition of Holmes that beats anything I've seen on Amazon. Last edited by JDK1962; 02-02-2012 at 06:51 AM. Reason: Added copyright info.