Re: ATM I need book..

[Mark Holm <mdholm@telerama.com>]

The Texerau book is definitely still under copyright protection and will be for 
a long time.  In most countries, it is illegal to distribute any copy of a 
copyrighted work without permission from the copyright holder.  (There is an 
international treaty establishing uniform copyright law and the large majority 
of nations are parties to the treaty.)  There are certain exceptions granted 
under what is known in U.S. copyright law as the "Fair Use" doctrine, however 
copying all or a large portion of a work as you suggest is not one of the 
exceptions.  Copyright law prohibits electronic copying as well as paper 
reprinting.  For more on U.S. copyright law, see:

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#icp

For a discussion of international copyright treaties and their relation to U.S. 
copyright law see:

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf



The book is still in print, and can be ordered from a number of book dealers in 
the U.S. and probably in most English speaking countries.  I am certain that the 
larger internet book dealers can get it.

Although some portions of Texerau may now be considered out of date by many 
ATM's, it is still a good book, well written and mostly solid in theory and 
practice.  It is worth the purchase price.

The full citation is:

How to Make a Telescope, Second English Edition
by Jean Texerau

Publisher:
Willman-Bell, Inc.
P.O. Box 3125
Richmond, Virginia 23235
USA

There was an earlier English edition, also still under copyright, published by 
Interscience Publishers, New York.  (Possibly known at the time as Wiley - 
Interscience, or John Wiley).  There were also two French editions titled "La 
construction du telescope d'amateur."  The French editions are copyrighted by 
Societe Astronomique de France, Paris.  This may also be the publisher, I am not 
sure.

Mark Holm
mdholm@telerama.com