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Old 06-20-2010, 09:38 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Fbone View Post
[I]The Richest Man in Babylon[I] is already available in ePub format here on MR.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62820

BN Publishing produced the Kindle version so I am guessing they would know if the book entered public domain. I think the problem is if the copyright has been renewed which would extend it to 95 years according to Cornell University.
I didn't even look. Shame on me.
I am curious as to why it's allowed to continue in places here, if it is not in the PD. I'm not telling the copyright police, though.
Ah well, I found Acres of Diamonds on Gütenberg, and that spells "Safe" to me. (Bad spelling is one of my excuses for not doing original stories, it sounds so much better than, "I'm too lazy.")
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