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lumpynose · 07-01-2019, 12:45 PM

For example,

https://bookshout.com/ebooks/lad-a-dog--3

On the other hand there is

https://www.amazon.com/Treve-Albert-...dp/B00JPIO04A/

Or

https://bookshout.com/ebooks/the-way...nd-some-others

The first book, Lad: A Dog, is available from Project Gutenberg and other public domain sites, the second book, Treve, is not. For the Treve book, if you click on the book cover, the Look Inside, there is a copyright notice. Both are from the same publisher.

Does that copyright cover the raw text? I.e., could I use the raw text, excluding images and anything he's added and use that in a collected works book that I upload here?

07-01-2019, 12:45 PM	#1
lumpynose Wizard Posts: 1,086 Karma: 6719822 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Palm Pilot M105	copyrighted presumably public domain books For example, https://bookshout.com/ebooks/lad-a-dog--3 On the other hand there is https://www.amazon.com/Treve-Albert-...dp/B00JPIO04A/ Or https://bookshout.com/ebooks/the-way...nd-some-others The first book, Lad: A Dog, is available from Project Gutenberg and other public domain sites, the second book, Treve, is not. For the Treve book, if you click on the book cover, the Look Inside, there is a copyright notice. Both are from the same publisher. Does that copyright cover the raw text? I.e., could I use the raw text, excluding images and anything he's added and use that in a collected works book that I upload here? Last edited by lumpynose; 07-01-2019 at 12:48 PM.