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A copyright year in a book (usually in the first few pages right next to a c with a circle around it shows the date of publication. Hope this helps. It's the first question Ive tried to answer :)

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Typically the first copyright date will be the date it was first completed, and later dates will indicate later editions. Just grabbing the first book at hand, I see the copyright dates are given as 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, and 1960; the copyright date for this particular instance of the book is then 1960.

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In a copyright statement of the form

Copyright (c) <year> <name>

the year is the year of actual publication of the document.

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The author (or other rightsholder) has the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display the work, or license others to do so, for a limited time.

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Yes; particularly in non-fiction books, facts may be substantially updated between editions.

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Copyright information for a book is generally found on the reverse of the title page, and includes the copyright date, the rightsholder, and the country of origin.

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