How Do I find out the author and publisher of an out of print book that I cant find listed anywhere online?

Theres a book that has been out of print since 1975, I can't find any mention of it anywhere on the internet. I searched every "Book search engine" and out of print Book searches online. Even contacted rare book search companies and they couldn't find any copies of it. Checked ebay in different countries. and still I found nothing. It was never famous and i suspect it was published by a small publishing company (certainly not a mainstream publishing company)





At this point I would be thrilled if I could just find out the name of the author and the publishing company that published it. Is there someplace that would have the list of every single book that was ever published (in american languages) ? Shouldnt there be like a central database, like copyright registers or something?

How Do I find out the author and publisher of an out of print book that I cant find listed anywhere online?
What about the library of congress? They have the largest book collection in the world.





Do you have any information about the book - author, title, subject matter? Someone may know of it.
Reply:The Library of Congress should almost certainly have the information. I'm sure it's an American copyright library. (You could also try googling copyright library. They're the places you want, because they're supposed to get copies of everything published. There should be a few in America.)


I assume you are talking about a book published in America. (What do you mean by "American languages"?) If it's British, the British Museum is the UK equivalent.


It seems strange that you can't find any reference to it anywhere. After all, 1975 isn't old. Are you sure you've got the title and so on right? It might be a good idea to ask around and make sure you've got the title, author, publisher, etc., right. Start here. Give a summary and any details of what you remember, and ask if anyone knows the correct name, etc. I've seen the most surprising results here. There's always someone who knows the book
Reply:I'm sorry, but there is no list of "every single book that was ever published." The Library of Congress (http://loc.gov) database won't include the book unless its copyright was registered. (A book is copyrighted the moment it is created, but full protection requires that copyright to be registered--and not all authors and publishers bother paying the money and completing the paperwork for that.)





You can search the LOC database by title alone.

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