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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I've still got a copy of the Abrash book. It was a classic of it's time, but like most computer books it had a very limited shelf life. His book on computer graphics was very good as well.
I would point out that in both cases, the issue isn't copyright, it is the contract that the writer signed with the publisher. Standard advice is to make sure that there is a clause in the contract that the rights revert back to you, the author, under certain circumstances, such as the yearly sales drop below a certain figure.
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You're probably right. I shouldn't have included the Abrash book. The Gruenwald novels, though, would be out of copyright soon if copyright terms were much shorter. Although I think this might be a less than ideal example as well.
Barry