[bksvol-discuss] Re: Copyright question

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:33:23 -0400

Actually I was wondering that too, as several of my books, especially those 
from the 1960s and earlier don't have ISBN's and if they do they are mangled 
beyond recognition.


Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 8:10 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Copyright question


Good points, Jim.  In validating, I've come across
titles with the wrong author and with a copyright
attributed to the publisher rather than the author.

But what do you mean by " More future functionality is
going
> to depend heavily on
> ISBN number: "  What sort of functionality, and what
about books that don't have ISBN numbers?
Just curious.

Cindy




--- Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
> >As a practical matter, if a book has an ISBN, there
> likely is no reason
> to
> >check further.
>
> Actually, you should check further for a couple of
> reasons:
>
> 1. Title/author check.  We've had books submitted
> with the wrong title,
> and had authors complain that they had a book they
> didn't write.
> 2.  ISBN check.  More future functionality is going
> to depend heavily on
> ISBN number: it's worth checking it.
>
> That's in addition to our copyright compliance
> requirement, which is
> written into Chafee.
>
> Jim Fruchterman
>
>



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