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09-28-2011, 10:16 AM | #1 | ||
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Narrative of John Smith" [Hardback-British Library]
News of the release of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel Narrative of John Smith was announced last June, and is now available in hardback version.
Narrative of John Smith ~ British Library Quote:
Special Edition Price £100.00 (Limited quantity) plus applicable taxes and shipping To be released soon (maybe already) at B&M retailers. No eBook version available that I can find. Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel hits shops ~ BBC Quote:
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09-28-2011, 05:12 PM | #2 | |
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09-29-2011, 02:56 AM | #3 |
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Such posthumously published works enjoy a special 25 year protection from the date of publication in my jurisdiction. I'm pretty sure it's (at least) similar in the US.
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09-29-2011, 03:25 AM | #4 |
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In the US, as far as I know, it would be out of copyright.
On Life+70, that would have expired in 2000. If you go by date, you would have to use the basis of those published after '78, so that leaves 95 years from publishing or 120 years from creation, which ever is shorter. Since it was written in 1883, that bumps it to 2003, since 95 years from 2011 wouldn't be the shorter of the two. |
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It would be over here, too, and hist other works are, but this is a special case since it hasn't been published before. The EU copyright directive grants a special 25 year protection for such works. The English term is "publication right", I believe.
American copyright is somewhat (?) more complicated, it's true. A quick search lets me believe that all works entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2003, if the following provisions are met: (1) works were unpublished as of January 1, 1978, and had never been registered for copyright protection, (2) they remained unpublished through December 31, 2002, (3) the author died on or before December 31, 1936. ACD would fit the bill, it seems. |
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09-29-2011, 01:55 PM | #6 |
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So does that mean we could look forward to a Mobileread edition before too long?
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