Re: Bringing out-of-print math books into print


Gerry Myerson <gerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:



In article <fu86fl$57a$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"J.S. Milne" <google@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Since most mathematics books are out of print, including some very
important books, every mathematician probably has the experience of
not being able to buy a book at a reasonable price. Worse, many
mathematicians are unable to obtain access to a book at all because
they don't have easy access to one of the large libraries.

The solution, however, lies with the authors. Until recently, all
publishers required that authors give them the copyright of work
before they would publish it. However, there is a tradition that
publishers will return the copyright to the author once the work is
out of print if requested.

This will be difficult to do if the author, too, is out of print.

That might depend on the discipline. Old number theorists, for
instance, never go out of print; they're just remaindered.

Lee Rudolph
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