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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
what happens to these books then?
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If things went straight to the public domain upon death, then the family would have no control of the series.
Anyone could have started writing new books in the series.
Now the same books would probably come out in this case as it's a famous serious and the publisher knows that it would sell best if they publish it based on Jordan's notes and with his name on it. So it probably wouldn't have mattered in this case much.
But it would for less prominent situations not involving a huge selling series/author etc.