[bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom line (rejected book)
- From: "Jesse Fahnestock" <Jesse.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 06:40:48 -0700
Merrill, if you still have the copy that you downloaded, please contact me off
list. And don't worry about the mistake, it was an easy one to make! If you
don't have the copy you downloaded we'll have to try to hunt down the submitter
(which I should be able to find if I know the title).
jesse.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom
line (rejected book)
Jesse, If I've read your message correctly, I should not have rejected a
book that did not have all the ad stuff. The final words of the book read
something like: Turn the page to read the beginning of the next episode. The
beginning of the next episode was not present. I made the interpretation
that this meant the book was incomplete. As I wanted the book in the
collection, I debated deleting those words, but decided against it and
rejected the book. Can the book be recovered from the reject pile? How can
the submitter be asked to resubmit with my apologies?
Merrill Louise, Pastor
The Judson Fellowship
Jamestown, New York
cell/office 716.969.2840
"With all my heart I praise the Lord, and I am glad because of God my
Savior. (Luke 1:46-47)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Fahnestock" <Jesse.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 4:14 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom line
(response to Cindy's specific questions)
> 1. Regarding foreign copyrights, this is a grey area, so I didn't feel
that I could post it in a message that stated it was 'the bottom line'. Our
interpretation is that a book must have either a U.S. Copyright notice, or
be copyrighted to a multinational publisher with U.S. operations. In both
cases it must be scanned and submitted by a volunteer in the U.S. (I didn't
mention that either, because hopefully I've managed to screen out overseas
volunteers. We'd love to be able to accept their contributions but cannot
under our interpretation of the Chafee Amendment). Because the foreign
copyright issue is a grey area, I invite anyone to right me offlist at
volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if they have a question about the book they're
working on.
>
> 2. Indeces are not considered core text, and therefore they are not
legally required for acceptance of the book. Obviously they can be of use,
and any volunteer is welcome to clean up an index that has errors, but doing
so is not required for acceptance. The same applies to tables of contents,
advertising pages, notes, glossaries, and dust jacket copy. We welcome all
of this, but none of it is required for acceptance. So if you get a book
that has problems in one of these areas you need not reject it out of hand.
The only material apart from the core text that must be present is the
copyright notice and the title and author.
>
> jesse.
>
> Jesse, two questions:
>
> DId you accidentally omit the fact that we can't do
> books that don't have U.S. copyrights. I just came
> across a short book(only 65 pages) that looks
> excellent, (originally in Italian, Guido --Seta, by
> Alessandro Baricco), but the English translation is
> under British copyright.
>
> Also, from what you say in #5, does that mean I don't
> have to worry too much about validating indices and
> and notes? That's one reason I've stayed away from
> nonfiction tomes. In the past I've at least lined them
> up and skimmed them, but in one book I just couldn't
> face the chore and said that in the comments that if
> anyones needs that to contact me. I promised to keep
> rather than delete that particular book file.
>
> And does #5 mean we don't need to include the ad pages
> of paperbacks, as we were told once we should? Or we
> should scan but don't have to validate those?
>
> Cindy
> --- Jesse Fahnestock <Jesse.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone -- I have recently received many emails
> > from volunteers confused about whether they must
> > reject a book or not. I think the higher standards
> > maintained by many members in this group have
> > confused people. Therefore, I will restate, as I did
> > on Monday, what a book must have to be accepted:
> >
> > 1. The book is not already on Bookshare.org, or if
> > it is, that it is being submitted as a superior
> > replacement or transcribed Braille copy.
> > 2. The book is not an eBook acquired under
> > proprietary agreement (e.g. a commercial eBook, a
> > book from WebBraille, etc.)
> > 3. The copyright name and date are included.
> > 4. The title and author are included somewhere in
> > the book.
> > 5. The book is not missing multiple pages of core
> > content (core content does not include tables of
> > contents, indeces, picture pages, or other front or
> > back matter and the like).
> > 6. The book is readable.
> >
> > If a book meets all of these requirements, you may
> > absolutely accept the book. Indeed, I encourage it.
> > If the book is missing page numbers, or has running
> > headers, or the table of contents is jumbled, or the
> > title page is missing (but the above info is still
> > available), those are not bases for rejecting the
> > book.
> >
> > I predict that many volunteers will post follow-up
> > messages regarding other things that they do, and
> > think that you should do, before approving a book.
> > That is because we have the most dedicated
> > volunteers in the world, and they go above and
> > beyond the call of duty. But even they know that
> > while they may do additional work to improve a book
> > that meets the above six requirements, they should
> > not reject a book that meets them all. So whatever
> > the follow-up messages say, remember that this
> > message is the bottom line!
> >
> > I hope that clears it up for everyone!
> >
> > ________________________
> >
> > Jesse Fahnestock
> > Collection Development Coordinator, Bookshare.org
> > www.bookshare.org
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