Go ahead and contact the publisher - they may know of a copy that is available, or they may be able to license you to do what you suggest.

Sheila

Eric Wolf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear Copyright experts of ARLIS,

My Associate Dean asked me to find out the legality of copying a textbook that has been out of print since 1993 for use in a course packet. If a book is no longer available commercially, is it legal to copy the entire work and sell it at cost of reproduction/binding at a campus bookstore?

Thanks,

Eric

Eric M. Wolf

Director of the Library

New York School of Interior Design

170 E. 70th Street

New York, NY 10021

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