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Originally Posted by apbschmitz
Speaking as a guy who had a novel published back in the 80s, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, I would be grateful if anyone who decided to liberate my novels would first make the effort of contacting me. I could then be asked if I intended to reclaim the rights from the original publisher and republish myself. Most living authors probably aren't that hard to find. This seems like a basic courtesy before grabbing somebody else's stuff.
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I basically agree with you, but I have to admit that I like to see pressure put on the publisher/author to reclaim the rights to some of the books that I would like to see reissued. I have read three of the Guinevere Jones series that was written by Jane Ann Krentz long ago, but I cannot bring myself to pay $45 dollars for the last one on Ebay.