Welcome to the Dead House is copyright 1992.
The date listed in the copyright notice of a book is usually the date of first publication. Sometimes books are revised for later printings, however, and in such cases the date of first publication of the revised edition may be used. So, if a book was originally published in 2010 but revised in 2011 the copyright notice date for the revised edition may be 2011.
The first book is copyright 1924; later books in the series have different dates.
The Holt California Social Studies book of that name was first published in January 2006, which will be the copyright date.
The book "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong was first published in 1969.
Usually, the time the book was written is at the front, check the first few pages.
The copyright date is the year the text was completed. It may or may not be the same as the publication date.
1967- copyright renewed 1995
The book "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen was first published in 1987.
The copyright page of the book itself is the best source. Others are Amazon, WorldCat, and the national library of the country in which it was first published.
The copyright date for "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini is 2002.
The copyright date of the original book is July 24th, 1954The copyright date of the movie is December 19th, 2001The copyright date of the video game is September 24th, 2002
2006.