[bksvol-discuss] Re: Publisher List
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:15:32 -0700 (PDT)
I do have such a list that apparently I downloaded on April 10. Thomas Nelson
wasn't on it. Though it was marked safe on the rtf list. Shall I post it?
>________________________________
> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 9:39 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Publisher List
>
>There is another thing that might help update the list. When it first started
>we volunteers set out with the mission of finding safe publishers to report
>and add. Actually, I think it was Jamie in Michigan who actually started the
>list and her list was expanded to make that final safe publishers list.
>Somewhere
>along the way, though, everyone has forgotten to find these safe publishers.
>If volunteers would try to get back to finding them and reporting them that
>would help keep the list updated. On the other hand, there are so many small
>presses that exist or have existed in the past that a complete list of safe
>publishers will never be compiled, so there might be a better way to go. All
>we need to know is which publishers are the unsafe ones. We also need a list
>of all imprints that the unsafe publishers control. When that is done it can
>be assumed that if a publisher is not on the list then it is a safe publisher.
>Let me add a reminder too. This whole concept of safe and unsafe publishers
>was started in the first place because volunteers were upset at their
>submissions
>being replaced by publisher contributed copies and did not want to put the
>work into making a book accessible if it was just going to be replaced. I am
>sure that a good many of you know this, but I am stating it for the benefit of
>the new volunteers who were not with us when that happened. There is nothing
>wrong with scanning and submitting a book published by a so-called unsafe
>publisher. If a book is not in the collection then you may work on it and
>submit
>it. You should be aware, though, that it may be replaced at a later time by a
>publisher quality copy. Until that happens you will have made it accessible
>while there was no other accessible copy available. Also, remember that if a
>book is out of print and has been out of print since before the publishers
>started producing and retaining electronic files of their books then the
>publisher is not likely to ever add it to the collection. In addition to that,
>the publishers get to decide which of their books are added to the collection
>and there is no way to tell which ones they will choose not to add nor when
>they will add it if they do add it. So if you do not mind your work possibly
>being replaced someday and the book is not in the collection then go ahead
>and scan it even if the publisher is on the unsafe list. If you do mind that
>then there are nearly uncountable and obscure small presses out there that
>are likely to never end up being contributors to Bookshare.
>
>On 6/13/2012 3:32 AM, Cindy wrote:
>block quote cited from
>mid:1339572736.80458.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I attached and sent to the volunteer list and to Valerie an rtf list of
>publishers that was correct as of Dec. 6, 2011 and that I'd downloaded in
>Feb.
>2012 that indicates what's "safe." The publisher Valerie asked about, Thomas
>Nelson is indicated as safe on that list, though it isn't on my Word list
>of Safe publishers; I can only assume I didn't copy and paste the whole rtf
>list and but created my own list of sage publisher. or otherwise goofed.
>Madeleine, if you want me to send you the rtf list, or if you take it from the
>volunteer email list, maybe it will make compiling an-updated list easier.
>Cindy
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