[bksvol-discuss] Re: What Do You Put into the Copyright Fields for a Public Domain Book?
- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:20:45 -0700
Evan,
This information is from the manual:
"Even if you are sure the book is in the public domain, the original
copyright
information is required for all submissions."
On one of the first books I submitted for Bookshare, the copyright had
expired, but the year the book was copyrighted and the name of the original
copyright holder was in the introduction to the book.
As I recall, I wrote in the place on the submission form where you can place
a note the fact that the book was now in the Public Domain.
I think that I was very lucky that the original copyright information was in
the book's introduction; otherwise, I suppose you would have to acquire it
from the publisher.
Lori C.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What Do You Put into the Copyright Fields for a
Public Domain Book?
Hey Guys, I've got this book here that doesn't have any copyright info in
it. I wrote to the publisher to inquire about it. I ran into this situation
before with a book that was published in 2008 and had no copyright info. I
wrote to the publisher at that time and the publisher informed me that they
did own the copyright to that book. However, in this case, the book was
published in 1975. I wrote to the publisher and they tell me it's a public
domain book. So what should I put into the copyright holder and copyright
date fields? Maybe it's in the manual somewhere but I thought it might be
easier to just inquire here as to whether any of you have run into this
situation and if staff gave any guidance on it, or what the manual says if
someone knows.
Thanks much.
Evan
Evan
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