Hi Kellie, There is at least one submitter who always gives the printing or publishing place as the copyright owner even though the books say that the author owns the copyright. Could that be one of the problems Gustavo is having? Good for you for your intention of writing him. Regards, Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:16 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: copyright Hi Tracy, When Gustavo gets back I'm going to write him a very clear and concise e-mail explaining that these boomerang books are lowering morale around here and requesting some guidelines about what triggers his suspicions of inaccuracy and what we as validators can do to allay them, short of becoming copyright lawyers. <grin> Kellie