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Originally Posted by skinmaan
Though I can't speak to this particular title, most of the time when I find these ebooks with a "free audiobook link" they are including a link to the Librivox audiobook version (or something similar). Since this title is from 1922 and is PD (just about everywhere but the US) I suspect this one will follow a similar pattern.
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I'm afraid your post shows some alarming misconceptions about copyright law. This title is NOT "PD just about everywhere but the US". In most countries, the publication date is irrelevant; it's the date of death of the author that determines whether or not a book is in the public domain. Christie died in 1976, and hence her work is still protected by copyright in all countries with a "life+50" or longer copyright term.
As it happens, the US is pretty much the only country in the world where this work
is in the public domain, because US copyright law has a peculiarity which means that everything published prior to 1923 is in the public domain in the US.