Copyright Aid

Thank you AndyJ,

Yes I will just publish the conventional way. As for my book versus the old book - As far as I am aware it is still under copyright. When I say theme lets use this as an example ( I would post what I am actually doing here, but call me paranoid someone else will then do it before ...

Hi all, I was just wondering if there are any legal matters in modernizing an old book. What I mean is, I have a book that was written in the old english style and set in an era long ago.
What I want to do is, re-write the book in todays english and in today's modern setting. So the places, names ...