[Bob Ireland]

Thanks for the support and encouragement. The Beren-Luthien tome appears self-published, which I have also done. I am not a 'Lord' and lack the resources to print, publish and promote a book. I do quite well and have even allowed re-posting in another language... just no income from the effort.

I am a bit surprised you found almost nothing in your search. For example, there is another dictionary in print - authorized by the Tolkien estate - but it is much older and not nearly as extensive as my posting. If the 'Lord' turns a nice return on his effort, I imagine the estate will get in touch.

At any rate, it is water under the bridge for me; I have moved on as I navigate the autumn of my life. The work stands, or falls, as my monument. Thanks again.

[txhurl]

I really treasure your writing. Glad you’re on this crazy pontoon with us ;)

[little jeremiah]

You can self publish and sell it on Amazon, they will even print it. I bet a LOT of people would buy. All your books.

[spokeshave2]

You understand, the moment I start earning dinero I would expect to hear from the lawyers of the Tolkien estate. As someone mentioned here recently, the Brits vigorously defend their copyrights, and the Tolkien folks especially.

Hi Bob, The Tolkien copyright is for the body of the work..that is you can't take a chunk of text and include it as your own work.

What you can do is take a piece of text, highlighted in italics, and use a footnote such as "1, Text copyright by Tolkien and successors"

If they are invented words....then did they trademark/copyright the word? If not I don't see why you can't use it.

Regard

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