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#41
General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: The Hardy Boys Trivia Game...
Last post by MacGyver - January 04, 2024, 11:02:33 PMOkay. I think this should be a fairly easy one. (I will admit I have a secondary motive here of generating conversation because the topic of this question never seemed to get much discussion on here, unfortunately.)
What Hardy Boys book is referenced in the last episode of the 2020 The Hardy Boys TV series?
(There may be multiple answers to this but there is one in particular I am thinking of that I think should have been at least somewhat obvious on the show.)
What Hardy Boys book is referenced in the last episode of the 2020 The Hardy Boys TV series?
(There may be multiple answers to this but there is one in particular I am thinking of that I think should have been at least somewhat obvious on the show.)
#42
Public Domain / Re: Three New Public Domain Ha...
Last post by tomswift2002 - January 03, 2024, 05:20:21 PMQuote from: MysteryFan89 on January 02, 2024, 09:32:00 PMThanks for info. Does this include Nancy Drew as well?No, Nancy Drew's first 3 books from 1930 will not enter the US Public Domain until January 1, 2026. The rewrites will enter the US Public Domain on January 1, 2055 (books 1&2) and January 1, 2056 (book 3)
Now then in Canada, those same 1930 books will not enter the Canadian Public Domain until January 1, 2073. However, the rewrites of those 3 books from 1959 and 1960 will enter the Canadian Public Domain on January 1, 2053. That's because Mildred Wirt Benson died in 2002, whereas Harriet Stratemeyer Adams died 20 years earlier in 1982. Benson was the author of the 1930 books, whereas Adams wrote the rewrites in 1959/60.
So by 2073, the 1930 text of "The Secret of the Old Clock" will have been under Copyright for 142 years here in Canada. And because of that, no one will be able to use the Nancy Drew characters here in Canada without permission until 2073, because ALL Nancy Drew books written since the 1930 "The Secret of the Old Clock" are considered to be derivatives of that book, including the 1959 rewrite.
#43
Public Domain / Re: Three New Public Domain Ha...
Last post by MysteryFan89 - January 02, 2024, 09:32:00 PMThanks for info. Does this include Nancy Drew as well?
#44
Public Domain / Three New Public Domain Hardy ...
Last post by tomswift2002 - January 02, 2024, 05:55:08 AMHappy New Year everyone. As we enter 2024, we have Three New Hardy Boys books in the United States Public Domain, so people can use these for free.
The three books are:
#4 The Missing Chums (1928)
#5 Hunting For Hidden Gold (1928)
#6 The Shore Road Mystery (1928)
These are now in the US public domain, with Mickey Mouse, since 2024 is their 96th year of publication (US law only goes to 95 years after publication for works for hire). Also this does not mean that the 1962 "The Missing Chums", 1963 "Hunting For Hidden Gold" or 1964 "The Shore Road Mystery" are public domain, they are still under copyright until 2058, 2059 and 2060.
Also the three 1928 books are still under copyright in Canada and other countries where "works for hire" use the Life+ "X" number of years after death policy. So in Canada, those books are still in under copyright until January 1, 2048 when we enter the 71st year after Leslie McFarlane passed away in 1977. (As of January 1, 2023, Canada uses the Life + 70 years, anything that fell into the Canadian Public Domain before that based on Canada's old Life + 50 law is still in the public domain.)
Also another Stratemeyer Syndicate book that enters the US Public Domain in 2024 is #31 in the "Tom Swift Adventure Series" (1910-1941). #31 is 'Tom Swift And His Talking Pictures' (1928). This book entered the Canadian Public Domain back in 2013 when we entered the 51st year after Howard R. Garis's death. (That also includes his "Uncle Wiggly" books.)
The three books are:
#4 The Missing Chums (1928)
#5 Hunting For Hidden Gold (1928)
#6 The Shore Road Mystery (1928)
These are now in the US public domain, with Mickey Mouse, since 2024 is their 96th year of publication (US law only goes to 95 years after publication for works for hire). Also this does not mean that the 1962 "The Missing Chums", 1963 "Hunting For Hidden Gold" or 1964 "The Shore Road Mystery" are public domain, they are still under copyright until 2058, 2059 and 2060.
Also the three 1928 books are still under copyright in Canada and other countries where "works for hire" use the Life+ "X" number of years after death policy. So in Canada, those books are still in under copyright until January 1, 2048 when we enter the 71st year after Leslie McFarlane passed away in 1977. (As of January 1, 2023, Canada uses the Life + 70 years, anything that fell into the Canadian Public Domain before that based on Canada's old Life + 50 law is still in the public domain.)
Also another Stratemeyer Syndicate book that enters the US Public Domain in 2024 is #31 in the "Tom Swift Adventure Series" (1910-1941). #31 is 'Tom Swift And His Talking Pictures' (1928). This book entered the Canadian Public Domain back in 2013 when we entered the 51st year after Howard R. Garis's death. (That also includes his "Uncle Wiggly" books.)
#45
General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: The Hardy Boys Trivia Game...
Last post by NZone - January 01, 2024, 10:22:52 AMSure
#46
General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: The Hardy Boys Trivia Game...
Last post by MacGyver - December 31, 2023, 07:16:46 PMHaha! Nice to finally have closure on this. I never noticed that but I'm not surprised. So does this mean I get to post the next one since I had the closest guess? 
#47
General Hardy Boys Discussions / Re: The Hardy Boys Trivia Game...
Last post by NZone - December 28, 2023, 10:01:58 PMJust realized I never closed the loop on this one. The answer is that each book's tagline has "always" in it.
#48
Hardy Boys Casefiles / Re: hardy boy casefiles - Book...
Last post by tomswift2002 - December 04, 2023, 01:31:08 PMThe yellow pages ran from August 1986 to August 1992 across all the Files-Casefiles series. The yellow is actually a dye and was held over from the paperbacks of the 1960's. Cutting the dye cut production costs.
#49
Hardy Boys Casefiles / Re: hardy boy casefiles - Book...
Last post by SkyWarp - December 01, 2023, 10:06:13 PMI am not an expert on this, but I am guessing that since earlier printings had yellow edges, if you find a casefiles book 1-66 with white edges it was probably printed after #67 was first published. That is just my guess though.
As far as which is worth more? No idea.
As far as which is worth more? No idea.
#50
Hardy Boys Casefiles / hardy boy casefiles - Book Edg...
Last post by MikBoy - November 30, 2023, 04:09:21 PMWhy do some books have yellow edges and some have white? If books are in the same condition which would be best to keep?