Book People Archive

Re: Alice Hegan books

At 11:58 AM -0500 on 3/6/01, Joseph Pietro Riolo wrote:

>In other words, if a book was printed and was available
>only to very few people without any further distribution
>or reproduction, it is not considered as "published".

Interesting. Several years ago I wrote for a semi-pro APA which had a 
circulation of about 25-30. I always considered the stuff I wrote 
there to be published for copyright purposes, but this interpretation 
might mean that it wasn't. (I since made much of the material 
available on my Website, thus making it very widely available...)

Also, many years ago there was a practice among publisher, 
particularly those of comic books and other pulp magazines, to make a 
*very* small print run of titles for trademark and copyright purposes 
and to show to adventisers--basicaly just enough copies to send in to 
the TPO & LoC and have a couple to keep on file. (Whiz Comics #1, the 
first appearance of Captain Marvel [Shazam!] is a classic example).
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