Sarah, I finally found the following information at http://koha.athenscounty.lib.oh.us/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=82027. I hope it helps. (Most sites I found didn?t give a copyright date and I thought maybe it had expired and not been renewed, but then I found this.). Unfortunately, it doesn?t say who holds the copyright. My guess would be the publisher. Is it possible that the copyright info is somewhere else on the book? I?ve found copyright info on the back cover flap at times, as well as on the back cover. Swallows and Amazons, By Ransome, Arthur, Copyright: 1985 ISBN: 087923573X LCCN: 70426832 Publisher: Boston : David R. Godine, 1985 Details: 351 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. However, in my searches I ended up at the bookshare site which lists 4 other Arthur Ransome books. Two did not have a copyright date, so you can probably leave it blank and the book will be accepted. (The other two had copyright dates of 1934 and 1938). Cindy --- Sarah Van Oosterwijck <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have just finished scanning a book that is in > great shape, and includes > title, author, isbn, the entire book, and lots of > other stuff not including > the words copyright or the copyright symbol. <grrr> > This book can not > possibly be a book unacceptable to bookshare, but > where am I supposed to get > the copyright holder and date from if they don't > seem to appear in the book. > Can anyone help me? Can I do an isbn lookup > somewhere? > > As can be seen from the following info copied from > the 2 pages of the book > relevant to publishing, this particular edition > seems to have been printed > in Canada, but the publishers address is in the U.S. > Could this possibly be > in the public domain although it was first printed > in 1930? I wouldn't > think so. > > Swallows and > Amazons > > ARTHUR RANSOME > > Illustrated by the Author > > SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS FOR-EVER! > > A Godine Storyteller > DAVID R. GODINE PUBLISHER BOSTON > This is a Godine Storyteller > published in 1985 by david R. godine, Publisher > Box 450 Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452 > > First published in 1930 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.; > new illustrated edition published in 1931; > new edition, type re-set in 1958 > > All rights reserved. No part of this book may be > used or > reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written > permission, > except in the case of brief quotations embodied > in critical articles and reviews. > > isbn 0-87923-573-x lc 84-48803 > > Tenth printing, 2000 Printed in Canada > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail