[PW] Re: Information on publisher

[Michael J. Lowrey]

On 5/4/06, Greg Mahoney <gregmahoney32 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm looking for information on who might now hold the rights to books
> originally published by The Lewis Publishing Company (Chicago and New
> York). It appears the Lewis firm is long out of business, but I wonder
> if any current publishing house now holds the rights to the Lewis books.

If the firm is defunct, the rights to the books will have reverted to
the several writers, with the exception of any copyrights held by the
publisher itself (works for hire and the like), which latter would
have been sold off with the other assets of the company.

--
Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey
member and sometime Grievance Officer
National Writers Union