[bksvol-discuss] Re: guidelines for submission fields - first draft
- From: tina <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 04:47:23 -0400
Sara, thanks for that. It's the constructive content I was looking for.
Thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:25:32 -0500
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: guidelines for submission fields - first draft
>I only saved the instructive content of the message not the hole message.
>I hope that isnt considered a serious rights violation. :-)
>Here are the directions given by Carrie Karnos. At least I properly
>attribute the following to it's author. :-)
>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 'Va rious' 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.
>Sarah Van Oosterwijck
>Assistive Technology Trainer
>http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tina Birnenbaum" <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:07 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: guidelines for submission fields - first
>draft
>> Hi . Would someone mind sending these guidelines to me again too since I
>> was
>> just looking through my notes and don't seem to have that filde and
>> thought
>> I did. My last book Some enchanted season doesn't seem to have been fully
>> approved yet, and I just downloaded treasure of the heart by pat lewis
>> and I
>> enjoy validating, but it things don't ever appear in the collection,
>> well,
>> then I may just stick with donating books to be added. Maybe I AM just
>> impatient, but am hoping the guidelines might help the books appear in
>> the
>> new books section faster. Anywauy, if someone wouldn't mind passing that
>> along to me again that'd be great thanks.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shannon A. Reece" <shazza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 7:30 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: guidelines for submission fields - first
>> draft
>>> This is awesome!! Thank you!!!
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