----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi Geer" <dgirth@yahoo.com> To: <modunkli@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [MODUNKLI] copyright > The Dunklin Co Historical Society published a Dunklin > Co MO History book back in the 1950's or 1960's. > > It is true that some of the older publications, prior > to about 1923, may be able to be reprinted, however, > there are some companies which have found these > publications and have obtained the copyright to them > for their own business purposes. This publishing house isn't claiming any copyrights at all. They are just copying and supplying books that are out of copyright. I've done this a couple of times with books that I acquired in another field other than genealogy... it's a reputable way to do it. > > When a company decides to publish a book they will do > a research prior to making a final decision. They > will not publish in any form a book that will only > sell a few copies and thus take a loss on the project. > Most companies have to be guaranteed that a minimal > amount of copies will be purchased to break even and > then can start profitting from the additional sales. Boy, that;s not the way they are doing it at all. True, if they find a book you have been looking for you will pay for their cost to make the first CD.. and others can benefit from that because once it is done the cost is cheaper. But they are quite willing to do this service on any out of print out of copyright book for you even those they have not yet done. That's pretty cool. Joeline > > > Debbi Geer > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MODUNKLI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message