Psst. Turns out 80% of books published in 1924-1963 are secretly in the public domain.

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 Boing Boing. Until […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-02 16:44:41 UTC ]
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All The Public Libraries Offering Free Access to Banned Books: A Comprehensive Guide

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Frankfurt: Swedish, Lithuanian Publishers See Booming Children’s Book Sales

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-20 11:38:33 UTC ]
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Nairobi International Book Fair: Publishers’ Viewpoints

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2023: Around the World in 80 Decibels

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Revisiting The Brownies’ Book, a Magazine for Black Children Published by W.E.B. Du Bois

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Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns

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