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Originally Posted by crich70
But if it isn't the publisher who holds the copy right to a book that's say 91 yrs old (or close to it) and the author is deceased then who benefits? His heirs? If a book isn't being published and no $ is coming in from its sales I'd think an author's heirs aren't even benefiting from the book. So the author's work gather's dust on some shelf somewhere and is forgotten by the world. I'm always finding books here at MR whose authors I'd never heard of before and who would be part of that group I imagine if they weren't put up at sites like Gutenberg, (which is where I find most of the books I've uploaded) Manybooks.net, and Archive.org.
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well the $ comes in from licensing the use to others