The Author seems to have passed away as per this and other sites on him. http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/loomis_borsodi_bio.html http://www.izaak.unh.edu/specoll/mancoll/borsodi.htm Vijay --- On Sat 05/21, Janet Kegg < jmk@his.com > wrote: From: Janet Kegg [mailto: jmk@his.com] To: rvijay07@myway.com, gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 07:45:27 -0400 Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Attempt to add: Flight From The City <br>I followed the link you gave for "Flight from the City" and see the<br>ebook posted states it is "copyright 1933". So it is not in the<br>public domain in the U.S. and cannot be added to PG. For your<br>information, the general rule for PG is that the book was published in<br>1922 or earlier.<br><br> <br><br>On Sat, 21 May 2005 06:31:29 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:<br><br>><br>>Hello everyone:<br>><br>>Here is my attempt to add a book to the PG collection and a response in this regard. <br>><br>>Steve, the Author of the site soliandearth.org is confident that this book is Public Domain.<br>><br>>Can this book be added to the PG Collection ? Please advice.<br>><br>>Thanks in advance.<br>><br>>Sincerely,<br>><br>>Vijay<br>><br>>Definition of Public Domain for Reference:<br>>http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html<br>><br>><br>> --- On Sat 05/21, Steve Solomon < stsolomo@soilandhealth.org > wrote:<br>>From: Steve Solomon [mailto: stsolomo@soilandhealth.org]<br>>To: rvijay07@myway.com<br>>Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 19:16:11 +1000<br>>Subject: Re: Email from the soilandhealth.org web site<br>><br>>>>Vijay, If you are a PG member then you are for sure familiar with the rules of Public Domain. Alive/dead has nothing to do with it. It would be miraculous if Borsodi lives in the same body he lived in when he was being Ralph Borsodi !Steve<br>><br>>Original Message From: <rvijay07@myway.com><br>>To: <stsolomo@soilandhealth.org><br>>Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:05 PM<br>Subject:<br>>>> Greetings Steve ! I see that the book below (Flight From the City) is Public Domain. Can you please provide the related proof since I believe that the Author is still alive.<br>>http://soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030204borsodi/030204borsoditoc.html I am presently a PG Volunteer and would like to see this book added to the gutenberg.org collection/library. Hence my request.<br>>Thank you in advance.<br>><br>>Vijay<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.<br>>Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com<br>><br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>gutvol-d mailing list<br>>gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org<br>>http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d<br><br> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com