Harper Lee’s estate will no longer allow publication of the inexpensive paperback edition that was popular with schools.
On Monday, February 29, a judge in Monroe County, Alabama sealed Harper Lee’s will from public view. The motion was filed by the Birmingham law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, which was acting on behalf of Tonja Carter, Lee’s lawyer and the executor of her estate.
The decision to seal the will became public last Friday, and it was immediately controversial. This has been true of every legal move involving Lee and Carter over the last few years, even before the furor following the announcement, in February of last year, that Carter had “discovered” a lost sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird.
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The book of Harper Lee entitled "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of the best books in year 2015 ("A collection of best books of 2015 lists" -> http://topcirculationlibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-collection-of-best-books-of-2015-lists.html). We don't have any choice to the author's decision but to respect what he wants. Their is no problem for rich libraries to obtain and purchase the book. However, for libraries that has minimal budget for acquisitions, it could affect the needs of the library users since most of our users are aware of this popular book.
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