In article
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samsloan writes:
My problem right now is that the book I am thinking of reprinting was
published in 1949. It was a very good book for that time. However, I
am wondering whether if it is too obsolete to reprint now.

You realise that it will almost certainly still be in copyright, in most
countries at least (where copyright now does not expire till 70 years
after the author's death), and so you would need the permission of the
copyright holder.

If the book is on bidding it is probably obsolete. If it is on the play
of the cards, or sets out to be entertaining rather than instructive,
then it may well still be very marketable.
--
John Hall
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts,
he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626)