tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post7199295666126093475..comments2024-02-01T16:24:13.855-06:00Comments on The Royal Blog of Oz: The Wishing Horse of OzJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-16307236561827608542015-09-10T16:41:45.312-05:002015-09-10T16:41:45.312-05:00The International Wizard of Oz Club did offer seve...The International Wizard of Oz Club did offer several Thompson books via their online store. However, due to low sales, they've had to close that down for now. My suggestion is to check eBay, bookfinder.com and used book stores, thrift shops, flea markets, wonderfulbooksofoz, rareozbooks and March Hare Books.<br /><br />Baum's books had copyright extensions filed, which is why the first book went into the public domain in 1956, and the second soon after, but due to a change in copyright law, the rest began going public domain in the 1980s.<br /><br />Thompson filed for extensions on the first several of her Oz books, but the last five she did not as they had gone out of print and she felt it would not be worth it. Her first two books have been public domain for some time, but changing copyright laws have delayed the third until a few years from now.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-34336669073485461652015-09-10T16:02:09.057-05:002015-09-10T16:02:09.057-05:00Thank you for your response. I'll try to find ...Thank you for your response. I'll try to find out. If she did did it consistently, it, for me at least, will make reading her books feel like an alternate OZ, as from the reviews I read of her Oz books, she wrote very differently from Baum.<br /><br />While searching OZ books by Thompson for purchase to complete my own OZ book collection I couldn't really find copies, even due supposedly some of her books, including this one, are in the public domain,somehow.<br /><br />I couldn't find reliable information on the subject. The only info I got is a Wiki article 'Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States' but it has some big mistakes like saying that Baum OZ books only entered public domain from 1956 while all his books where automatically in PD as they were published before 1923.<br /><br />Will very much appreciate any information on this matter and recommendations on where I can find copies of Thompson's OZ books for purchase.<br /><br />Thank's in advanceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653870275428999655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-68854898869221743522015-09-10T06:13:00.797-05:002015-09-10T06:13:00.797-05:00I can't exactly remember when Thompson first d...I can't exactly remember when Thompson first did that, but I know this wasn't her first. I remember it happening in "Pirates in Oz."Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-32406366082131791342015-09-10T03:35:24.043-05:002015-09-10T03:35:24.043-05:00Hello, I'm new to Thompson's OZ books. Doe...Hello, I'm new to Thompson's OZ books. Does the mix-up between the West and the East witches happens in this book for the first time? or did Thompson consistently changed the direction of east and west in her books?<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653870275428999655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-7778825661588613822011-07-18T07:04:41.764-05:002011-07-18T07:04:41.764-05:00I finally read this book recently and I really lik...I finally read this book recently and I really liked it! I was glad to read the part with the Kiss from the Good Witch of the North (something I had been wanting to know ever since "Annotated Wizard"), Dorothy actually being a real hero to save her friends and place she loves . . . but I hated how the Wicked Witches of the East and West were mixed up, and I would like to have seen the possible alternate ending (I was somewhat expecting) of Kaliko lending Dorothy and army with someone else's.<br /><br />Sometimes John Neill's drawings could have been better but I'm glad the Afterword gave an explanation for this and others.<br /><br />My first and Best RPT Oz Book!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397876293747859812noreply@blogger.com