Thank you, Carrie. This is very useful info. (Re number 4 -- I assume that if the name itself has a middle initial and it does not stand for a middle name, e.g., Harry S Truman, we leave it the way it's supposed to be (smile). There's a publisher like that, too, I think, but I can't remember the name.) Cindy --- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > After perusing the download list, it appears that we > are desperately > in need of some guidelines about what to enter in > the submission fields, > especially the author's name. > > > So, with permission from Marissa and Gustavo, here > are guidelines for entering: > The title of the book- > This one's pretty easy, although occasionally the > title on the cover > of the book will be different from the title > inside. Try checking the > copyright page, to see what the official title is. > > > The author of the book- > This one is horrendously messy, so it's been > divided into several > sections. > A) For each author's name, please > 1) put the first name first and the last name > last > Wrong: Ahl, Allison Right: Allison Ahl > 2) drop all titles, honorifics, occupations, > degrees, etc. > Wrong: Dr. Bart Ball Right: Bart Ball > Wrong: Clara Crawl, MSW Right: Clara Crawl > Wrong: Senator Dee Dahl Right: Dee Dahl > Exception: if the title is part of the official > name, leave it in > Wrong: Seuss Right: Dr. Seuss > 3) drop all commas inside a name > Wrong: Fred Fall, Jr. Right: Fred Fall Jr. > 4) keep periods after initials and Jr. > Wrong: Gigi G Gall Right: Gigi G. Gall > 5) put a space between initials > Wrong: H.H. Hall Right: H. H. Hall > B) For multiple authors, please > 1) for each name, follow the guidelines above > 2) separate each name with a comma, not 'and' or > '&' or '/' > Wrong: J. James and J. Jones Right: J. James, > J. Jones > Wrong: Kay & Ken Kent Right: Kay Kent, Ken > Kent > Wrong: James/Jones/Kent Right: J. James, J. > Jones, Ken Kent > 3) do not use 'Various' or 'et al' or 'others' > as an author, list all of the authors > Wrong: Various Right: B. Bell, D. > Dell, F. Fell, G. Gell > Wrong: James et al. Right: J. James, J. > Jones, Ken Kent > C) For editors, compilers, adapters, translators, > etc., please > 1) spell out his/her function after each name > Wrong: L. Lay, M. May (editors) Right: L. Lay > (editor), M. May (editor) > Wrong: Nan Nall (Comp) Right: Nan Nall > (compiler) > Wrong: Edited by Olive Owl Right: Olive Owl > (editor) > Wrong: Trans. Peter Paul Right: Peter Paul > (translator) > D) If the author's name is missing, please > 1) use the editors of the company that put out > the book > Wrong: None Right: The Editors at > the Walt Disney Company > > > The copyright author of the book- > This one's also pretty easy, except for those > cases where there is no > copyright author listed. In that case, use the > author's name. Don't > use the publisher's name, unless the company holds > the copyright. > > > The copyright date- > If there are several copyright dates of the book > (NOT the copyright of > the introduction or the illustrations or the short > stories), then use > the most recent date. > > If you can think of anything else to mention, please > let me know and I'll revise the list. Maybe we can > include the guidelines in our instructions to newbie > volunteers. > > Carrie > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest