Striding the Borderlands: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz’s Great Fear on the Mountain, by Alice-Catherine Carls Book Reviews [email protected] Thu, 09/05/2024 - 14:03 Caroline Cingria, C. F. Ramuz, pastel (1903) / Images courtesy of Noël CordonierLumen... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-09-05 19:03:58 UTC ]
Bill Willingham, the creator of the comic book series Fables, says you now own his work, fully and for all time. Willingham has released his work, which served as the basis for Telltale Games' The Wolf Among Us, to public domain — mostly because he can't afford to sue DC Comics. In a lengthy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-16 13:00:10 UTC ]
The rising costs university libraries are paying to access journals have implications far beyond the ivory tower. From new cancer treatments to debates about foreign policy, new information enters the public domain through academic studies. Now... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-07-31 08:00:00 UTC ]
It’s the Roaring ’20s all over again at Vintage Classics, which is making a bunch of old books now in the public domain new again. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel about America and aspiration is now in the public domain, so new editions, as well as a graphic novel and a zombie adaptation, have gotten the green light. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-01-14 18:59:18 UTC ]
Talbot Mundy’s “The Nine Unknown,” a 1920s occult thriller, is among several literary gems now in the public domain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-04-07 14:00:00 UTC ]
The ‘National Emergency Library’ has made 1.4m ebooks freely available, many by current bestsellers, and sparked outrage from writers’ organisationsThe Internet Archive has launched a “National Emergency Library”, making 1.4m books available free online – but has been accused of “hitting authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-03-30 17:13:20 UTC ]
The novel, which enters the public domain this year, is one of the pioneering works of paranormal or “time-slip” romance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-02-12 19:00:00 UTC ]
The novel, which enters the public domain this year, is one of the pioneering works of paranormal or “time-slip” romance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-02-12 07:00:00 UTC ]
This year, for the first time in over two decades, a slew of work entered the public domain: everything first published in the United States in 1923, to be precise. (And yes, next year we’ll get the goods from 1924.) “But there’s another source of public domain works,” Cory Doctorow writes at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-08-02 16:44:41 UTC ]
While working on a recent story about hate speech spread by telephone in the ’60s and ’70s, I came across an interesting book that had been digitized by Google Books. Unfortunately, while it was a transcript of a Congressional hearing, and therefore should be in the public domain and not subject... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dover will add royalty-paying titles to its large and historically successful catalog of public-domain based works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Liberal Democrat MP David Laws has written a book exposing the ‘inside story’ of the Cameron-Clegg coalition. Biteback Publishing m.d. Iain Dale acquired world rights to Coalition by David Laws, which will be published in Spring 2016. The book, which will be supported by a ‘major press... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The argument that publishing company tax information in the public domain will be "misleading" - and therefore the plan should be dumped altogether - does not stack up. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Doyle estate is hoping to overturn two lower court decisions that affirming that the character of Sherlock Homes is in the public domain, in anticipation of a full appeal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The stand-off between the internet retail giant and the publishing corporation has drawn both sides into open contention over commercial termsThe extraordinary stand-off between Amazon and Hachette saw battle lines further entrenched on Tuesday as both parties took to the public arena to insult... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a ruling Monday, an appeals court affirmed that the character of Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you're looking for digital versions of older books to download, check out Project Gutenberg first. The site is filled with stuff that has lapsed into the public domain, which means it's free. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rudi Lehnert asked if there’s a way to open and read .epub books in a browser. Most of the ebooks I read are in the .epub format, primarily because I’m allergic to Digital Rights Management. (An .epub can have DRM, but they usually don’t.) A handful of e-tailers sell unprotected .epub books,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a December 23 ruling, a federal judge declared that the character of Sherlock Holmes, as well as other characters and elements of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic series are in the public domain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]