November 28, 2002

out of print means out of luck Languishing on the Backlist "Larry Lessig received an analysis of the potential impact of invalidating the 1976 retroactive copyright extension. My gut feeling was that very few creative works from that period remained in print, with an even smaller set in circulation at the local Barnes & Noble or Blockbuster, but it is astonishing to see the numbers. Of the 300,466 books published in the U.S. from 1927-1956, only 9,240 are currently available from publishers at any price. — Jason Schultz I think the word for those 291,226 out-of-print books is hoard. Where's Beowulf when you need him, or Bilbo?" [Cox Crow via The Shifted Librarian] Earlier this semester I gave a number of 'Introduction to the Library' sessions to a small number of Composition classes.  I spent a little bit of time explaining to the students that libraries have a stewardship role in that we are often the only place where one can find out of print books. I didn't have the numbers to back up this argument. Now I do. 9:23:20 AM

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