Cindy, The claimant is the copyright holder, and I believe the copyright date is the registration date, but I've never run across a book where the year of the publication and registration dates disagree. It definitely is not the creation date. I've run across several books where the year of the creation date disagrees with the year of the other two dates, and the creation date was not the one printed in the book. Here's a good example. If you look at The Broker by John Grisham, you will see a creation date of 2004 and a publication date and registration date of 2005, then if you check Bookshare you will see the copyright date was entered as 2005. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 5:48 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Copyright question -There is an ISBN number, but I didn't note it. I did check with amazon, barnes and noble and borders, hoping they'd let us "look inside," but no luck. I did find the book on the US copyright page, but I find that hard to understand. Gerald, I know you've looked at that before; maybe you can translate the following info. If claimant means the one who wants the copyright, it?s Columbia University Press. If created means the copyright itself was created, rather thanthe book, then the copyright date is 1989. But If registered means that?s when the copyright was registered, that date is 1990. The specific date of registration is (July 30) is 12 days after the publication date. so my guess would be that that is the copyright date, but perhaps you?d better ask Gustavo (gustavo.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx) Cindy P.S. you don't really need the ISBN number for bookshare, but if you want to put it in, you can find the book via the title at any of the above-mentioned online bookstores and they do give the ISBN number. Gerald, I read all my posts before answering. I thought you'd beat me to th LC info, as you did once before (grin). Cindy __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html