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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Back when copyright was limited to 28 years, plus a renewal of 28 years, there was little chance of significant works being lost. With copyright extended to life plus 90, there is a great deal of chance that many works will be lost in time.
Let me give an example. I have a paperback, A World Called Camelot by Arthur H Landis, published in 1976 from an earlier serial Let There be Magick under the name of James B Keaveny. Landis died in 1986. He does not appear to have any near kin. The book was last printed in 1982 by DAW. Odds are pretty good that by the time the book goes into public domain, both the book and the author will be forgotten. It can be found on scribd and I suspect it's probably on some of the pirate sites, and I believe that it's one of the books that google scanned (I don't see it there, but his other books are there).
Of course, the fact that a work by a dead, relatively obscure author is not available probably means little to the world as a whole. It's not like the cure for cancer is buried in the book. But my point is that it's needless. It's a situation where no one wins and everyone loses.
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Let's not play that game ok. Without really trying, I could probably find at least 100 books that fit your parameters.
But my dear, that is half the fun of collecting is finding a rare gem.