Idle chatter!

[Susan in NC]

Critterbee❇ wrote: "I don't see a downside, excepting maybe that because any publisher can publish the book, there might be less elegant editions, or perhaps shoddily made copies that are not accurate/have typos, etc...."

Oh, that sounds good to me - accurate, thrift editions for those needing a certain book at a reasonable price, AND beautifully bound special editions for those who want them, best of both worlds! I’m with you, thanks, Critterbee!

[Critterbee❇]

and the re-tellings! There will be other books set in the same universe, as the article says - Daisy's version of The Great Gatsby. I don't mind those so much. How many hundreds of Pride and Prejudice re-tellings have there been? Some I enjoyed, others not so much, just like any story.

[Critterbee❇]

Is there a list somewhere of the books coming into the public domain? I am a little excited!

[Susan in NC]

Critterbee❇ wrote: "and the re-tellings! There will be other books set in the same universe, as the article says - Daisy's version of The Great Gatsby. I don't mind those so much. How many hundreds of Pride and Prejud..."

Exactly - I think it will be quite an intriguing time for readers for so many reasons! Yay, something to look forward to in the new year!

[Barb in Maryland]

I interrupt this discussion to wish all my fellow Retro Readers a Happy New Year.
Carry on...

[Karlyne]

I'm not sure how I feel about copyrights ending, but I am sure about wishing everybody Happy New Year, so I do!

[Jackie]

Happy New Year to all!

[Susan in NC]

Happy New Year, everybody!🎊🥳

[Critterbee❇]

Happy New Year, see everyone in 2019 if you're not there already!

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Critterbee❇ wrote: "Is there a list somewhere of the books coming into the public domain? I am a little excited!"

Lots of 1923 book lists! Here’s one on GR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...

I wonder if they’ll be on Gutenberg tomorrow?

Happy new year, everyone!

[Susan in NC]

Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "Critterbee❇ wrote: "Is there a list somewhere of the books coming into the public domain? I am a little excited!"

Lots of 1923 book lists! Here’s one on GR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_..."

Wow! What a list! Thanks!

[Peggy]

Happy New Year! I'm excited to see that my favorite book, Emily of New Moon, will now be in the public domain (though I hope the producers of the new Anne of Green Gables TV series don't decide to work their "magic" on it. :) )

[Hana, Hana is In Absentia]

As a Retro Reader I'm happy about this: "...there were more new editions of books published in the 1910s than from titles published in the 2000s."

[Susan in NC]

Yay!

[Susan in NC]

Here’s a link to a Washington Post article about the stuff coming out of copyright, specifically Robert Frost’s popular and famous poem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/histor...
Watch out for those engraved coffee mugs...

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Susan in NC wrote: "Here’s a link to a Washington Post article about the stuff coming out of copyright, specifically Robert Frost’s popular and famous poem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/histor......"

That was an interesting article.

I didn’t realize that a work needed to be out of copyright for a annotated edition to be published. I have an annotated edition of Mansfield Park that I hope to read this year.

I was amused by the nickname of the legislation—“The Micky Miuse protection Act.” Ha

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "I didn’t realize that a work needed to be out of copyright for a annotated edition to be published."

Well, unless you have the author’s (or their heirs’/estate’s) permission. :)

[Susan in NC]

Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Here’s a link to a Washington Post article about the stuff coming out of copyright, specifically Robert Frost’s popular and famous poem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2..."

Yes, I’m sure in copyright as in so much else, money talks!

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Well, I was hoping that a bunch of 1923 books would appear on Gutenberg.org this morning (including The Murder on the Links, an Agatha Christie book that I don’t think I’ve ever read) but it looks like they’re being more circumspect, or maybe just slower than I’d hoped. We’ll have to keep an eye out. 😏

[Susan in NC]

Yes! Last year, when I was rereading Miss Marple, I saw Murder on the Links as an audiobook on Scribd - started listening then went back to another read. Now I’m kicking myself! I’ll be watching for it, I promised my self a Poirot reread binge once I finished miss Marple!

[Karlyne]

I just happen to have a paperback copy that originally cost... 45cents! so you know how old it is!

[Hana, Hana is In Absentia]

Ha! I was looking for Murder on the Links, too. [ And no, Amazon, I'm NOT going to fork over $1.99 for the Kindle edition.]

This was a fun post on the Oxford comma that almost ruined Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
http://edittorrent.blogspot.com/2017/...

[Hana, Hana is In Absentia]

Susan, I've been on a bit of an Agatha Christie binge myself and last night I re-watched Murder on the Orient Express--the 1974 version with Albert Finney as Poirot. What a great film--one of those rare movies that I think even better than the book. Finney totally owned that role, so much so that he took over as my "head canon' Hercule. But also, what a perfect ensemble cast--and the score and cinematography! Ingrid Bergman and "the Little Brown Babies" and Anthony Perkins being weird and insecure. Just the best.

According to IMDB Agatha Christie actually attended the premiere...more fun tidbits: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071877/...

[Susan in NC]

Hana wrote: "Ha! I was looking for Murder on the Links, too. [ And no, Amazon, I'm NOT going to fork over $1.99 for the Kindle edition.]

This was a fun post on the Oxford comma that almost ruined Frost's Stopp..."

Thank you, I’ve always loved that poem so I really appreciated that post!

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

I love all the trivia, Hana! The part about Vanessa Redgrave and the canteen workers made me laugh. I read this book years ago and I’m fairly certain I saw the movie, but I need to watch it again!

[Lesley]

Hana wrote: "Ha! I was looking for Murder on the Links, too. [ And no, Amazon, I'm NOT going to fork over $1.99 for the Kindle edition.]

This was a fun post on the Oxford comma that almost ruined Frost's Stopp..."

Only $1.99!! Here they want me to pay A$6.53 - I won't be doing that either.

[Susan in NC]

Hana wrote: "Susan, I've been on a bit of an Agatha Christie binge myself and last night I re-watched Murder on the Orient Express--the 1974 version with Albert Finney as Poirot. What a great film--one of those..."

Thanks- I haven’t seen that movie in years, I’d love to see it again.

I love my DVDs of Miss Marple with Joan Hickson! Did you see the recent Kenneth Branagh version of Orient Express? My husband told me it’s on Netflix, but I’m hesitant to watch it if it’s terrible, I hate to waste time I could be reading on mediocre films, I don’t know why...

[Susan in NC]

Lesley wrote: "Hana wrote: "Ha! I was looking for Murder on the Links, too. [ And no, Amazon, I'm NOT going to fork over $1.99 for the Kindle edition.]

This was a fun post on the Oxford comma that almost ruined ..."

Don’t you do it, Lesley - sounds like cheaper versions should be available worldwide soon, now that these titles are out of copyright. Right, Tadiana? (she’s our resident expert, I’m shamelessly taking advantage of her counsel...)

[Critterbee❇]

I really do not enjoy watching movies, especially in theaters. I remember seeing the Albert Finney MotOE, though, and thought it very well done. I think it is time for a re-read of the book.

[Susan in NC]

That was a fascinating article about the movie, Hana, I love all the background info on the movie! Can you believe they had to transport Finney back and forth in his sleep to get the makeup done? I know actors need to take worthwhile roles while they can, but that seems extreme!

And the bit about Vanessa Redgrave and the crew members was funny, too!

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

I've got to think it'll only be a matter of a few weeks, if not days, before the 1923 books start showing up free online in reputable places like Gutenberg. :)

[Susan in NC]

Critterbee❇ wrote: "I really do not enjoy watching movies, especially in theaters. I remember seeing the Albert Finney MotOE, though, and thought it very well done. I think it is time for a re-read of the book."

Me, too!

[Susan in NC]

Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "I've got to think it'll only be a matter of a few weeks, if not days, before the 1923 books start showing up free online in reputable places like Gutenberg. :)"

Yay! Hope you’re right!

[Karlyne]

Hana wrote: "Ha! I was looking for Murder on the Links, too. [ And no, Amazon, I'm NOT going to fork over $1.99 for the Kindle edition.]

This was a fun post on the Oxford comma that almost ruined Frost's Stopp..."

Hey, Goodreads! Quit eating my comments! Anyway, loved the Robert Frost story.

Lovely...pause...dark and deep.

Yes!

[Hana, Hana is In Absentia]

Lesley wrote: "Only $1.99!! Here they want me to pay A$6.53 - I won't be doing that either. ..."

No way! I know Australia's housing market is insane but the book market too? Any way how are British publications subject to weird US copyright law in Australia? Globalism gone mad, perhaps.

[Hana, Hana is In Absentia]

Karlyne wrote: " Lovely...pause...dark and deep..." I love that!

This is an interview of Robert Frost from 1952 in which he recites this poem, minus the Oxford quote. There is also an extraordinary passage where he voices his version of optimism, not just for the future but also for the present and the past: "...that the past will be found to be all right for what it was...."

What he has to say about his present, the future, and the limits of science when it comes to daily life is just amazing. https://youtu.be/Qem3v0zvajQ?t=1024

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Hana, each country’s laws govern the copyright term in that country for any book that’s being published in that country, regardless of where the author lives (or lived) or where the work was first published. So a book can be under copyright in some countries and in the public domain in others. It’s very odd.

Obviously (at least I hope), my comments on copyright just apply to the U.S. If you live somewhere else, you have to check the rules in your own country. As a practical matter, though, you’ll still be able to go online and get the book from the U.S.-based Gutenberg.org, even if you’re technically not supposed to because the book is still copyrighted in your country.

True confession: sometimes I’ll go grab a book off of Gutenberg Australia or Gutenberg Canada because their copyright terms are usually shorter than the US’s. I’m so bad.

Also, Hana, I really loved that article on Frost and the Oxford comma (or lack thereof). Thanks for sharing!

[Susan in NC]

Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "Hana, each country’s laws govern the copyright term in that country for any book that’s being published in that country, regardless of where the author lives (or lived) or where the work was first ..."

Cheeky!

[Lesley]

Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "Hana, each country’s laws govern the copyright term in that country for any book that’s being published in that country, regardless of where the author lives (or lived) or where the work was first ... you’ll still be able to go online and get the book from the U.S.-based Gutenberg.org, even if you’re technically not supposed to because the book is still copyrighted in your country ...

Which is surely all the more reason for a case for true globalization? :)

[Karlyne]

I'm wondering if reading a book in January which centers on making a garden, an Italian garden, which, as Vincent and Lovejoy know, is the best garden, is a good idea. (Rumer Godden's An Episode of Sparrows)

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah!]

Karlyne wrote: "I'm wondering if reading a book in January which centers on making a garden, an Italian garden, which, as Vincent and Lovejoy know, is the best garden, is a good idea. (Rumer Godden's An Episode of..."

We do have a Rumer Godden read already this month The Greengage Summer - I don't know this book at all. Will that hit the spot for you, Karlyne?

My eyes have been bigger than my literary stomach this month! :D I am leading 3 reads, have 4 other group reads & a (rare) read for review. So I can't commit to anything else sorry. :)

[Karlyne]

Anytime works for me! Sparrows is in a 3 book set (with Greengage, but I'm trying not to read it yet) I got a bit ago. I'm already on the last chapter, and it's making me itch for spring. Thank goodness I've got geraniums on the window sills!

[Abigail]

I visited the Dean Street Press Web site this morning and saw that they have published some charming-looking editions of D. E. Stevenson books I have never heard of! Just sayin'.

[Karlyne]

Abigail wrote: "I visited the Dean Street Press Web site this morning and saw that they have published some charming-looking editions of D. E. Stevenson books I have never heard of! Just sayin'."

Oooooooh.....

[Susan in NC]

Quick question- I want to have all my ducks in a row for March reads - I know we’re reading Durrell’s Fillets of Plaice starting 2/15, but have we a March read? Sometimes I have to track them down. Thanks!

[Susan in NC]

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Karlyne wrote: "I'm wondering if reading a book in January which centers on making a garden, an Italian garden, which, as Vincent and Lovejoy know, is the best garden, is a good idea. (Rumer Godden..."

My eyes have been too big, too - I’m trying to read the Reading the Detectives current and backlists, but don’t want to miss this group’s reads (I’ve got the Heyer for March, phew!)

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah!]

Susan in NC wrote: "Quick question- I want to have all my ducks in a row for March reads - I know we’re reading Durrell’s Fillets of Plaice starting 2/15, but have we a March read? Sometimes I have to track them down...."

I'll check with the other moderators what they want to do. I have offered to lead The Demon in the House in early March. This is a very slim volume, third in the Barsetshire series. I have also offered to lead The Sun in the Morning: My Early Years in India and England by M.M. Kaye either 26th of April or the middle of May. I am away from about the 27th of March till approximately the 17th of April.

It would be best to keep the discussion here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..., as otherwise it gets a bit confusing. :)

[Susan in NC]

Thanks! Will do - I’m always up for Thirkell, and have a used copy of Demon!

[Karlyne]

Brilliant sun shining on pristine snow (and I mean an impressive amount), and an Elizabeth Goudge I've not read before make for a lovely Sunday. I've been saving Henrietta's House until it was cured of its mustiness (I wrapped her in newspaper) and I'd finished Narnia, and today is the auspicious, frabjous day.

[Susan in NC]

Sounds heavenly- enjoy, my friend!