[bksvol-discuss] Re: Et Al. not being an author
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 00:13:02 -0500
Julie,
Something already has been done to make people understand that they
shouldn't use et al in the author field and shouldn't use commas in the
author field except to separate authors. Carrie covers both in her tip for
filling in the fields on the forms. The tip is called Guidelines For
Submission Fields and can be found on Jake's website.
People, if you haven't read this tip, then please go read it. It will help
keep the info in the database consistent as well as help you keep from
having books kicked back to the Step 1 page. If there's a must read for the
tips, then this is it. The URL for the site can be found below in Grace's
signature.
While you're there, also check out the following:
Verifying Copy Right Information
Restrictions on Long Synopsis
Replacing potential problem characters
The first two also have information which can help prevent you from having a
book kicked back to the Step 1 page. The last contains info on characters
that cause problems in the books, and Jake recently stated that it is the
most popular tip and that he feels it is a must read. You'll probably find
some other tips that you'll want to read as well if you've never been to the
site.
HTH
Gerald
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Silvara
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 8:46 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Et Al. not being an author
Actually Et Al is not acceptable. Legally we have to list all authors even
if it's a dozen. I have noticed people listing Et Al in anthologies, and of
course when this happens the book gets kicked back.
***
Grace
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For ideas of books to scan check out:
the No Book Left Behind AKA
Reject list
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/reject.asp
Rescan List
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/rescan.asp
----- Original Message -----
From: Julie Morales <mailto:mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:21 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Et Al. not being an author
I think something somehow should be done to make people understand that,
although it might look correct, and in most cases, it is, putting a comma
between the author and something like et al is going to make the system
think that's actually an author. I've seen stuff like this all the time and
wonder how many invalid authors are actually on the system because of this.
Take care.
Julie Morales
Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him.
----- Original Message -----
From: Silvara <mailto:silvara@xxxxxxx>
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 7:41 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books returned to step 1
HI list:
I have taken the liberty of posting here titles that have been recently
returned to step 1. This is only a few as I did not go through the entire
list. Many of these need copyright holder verification, incomplete titles or
missing authors. Et al. is not an author.
Happy validating. *smile*
And as always if there are questions don't hesitate to ask on the list.
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Grace
For scanning and validating tips
check out
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/tl.asp
For ideas of books to scan check out:
the No Book Left Behind AKA
Reject list
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/reject.asp
Rescan List
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/rescan.asp
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