[bksvol-discuss] Re: What Do You Put into the Copyright Fields for a Public Domain Book?

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:33:46 -0700

I don't know much about the subject but if it is found at project Gutenberg you 
could say something like

this book is in the public domain and can be found at this link. then put in 
the link so the person can still be able to read the book if they want to in 
another format.
On Oct 5, 2012, at 11:55 AM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for that clarificaton smile
> 
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Deborah Murray <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi cindy,
>> 
>> Actually you can't leave the fields blank in the submission form. I
>> submitted two books by anarchists/anarchist presses which were either
>> "anticopyright" or stated on what would have been the copyright page that
>> they were not copyrighted.
>> I had to put something in the fields before the book could be submitted.
>> I opted for "anticopyright" in the copyright holder field and "0000" in the
>> copyright date field. Madeleine said that was acceptable.
>> In Evan's case, since the book in question was once copyrighted, I think
>> he's going to have to use the original copyright date.
>> 
>> Deborah
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal
>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:44 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What Do You Put into the Copyright Fields for
>> a Public Domain Book?
>> 
>> I can't quite remember but I think you can leave them  blank
>> However,if you  give us the title maybe we can get that info
>> fromAmazon or the Libraryu of Congress
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hey Guys, I've got this book here that doesn't have any copyright info in
>>> it. I wrote to the publisher to inquire about it. I ran into this
>> situation
>>> before with a book that was published in 2008 and had no copyright info. I
>>> wrote to the publisher at that time and the publisher informed me that
>> they
>>> did own the copyright to that book. However, in this case, the book was
>>> published in 1975. I wrote to the publisher and they tell me it's a public
>>> domain book. So what should I put into the copyright holder and copyright
>>> date fields? Maybe it's in the manual somewhere but I thought it might be
>>> easier to just inquire here as to whether any of you have run into this
>>> situation and if staff gave any guidance on it, or what the manual says if
>>> someone knows.
>>> 
>>> Thanks much.
>>> 
>>> Evan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Evan
>>> 
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