Along the same lines--I had a book that was a compilation of stories from two different books--fortunately by the same author--but copyrighted at different times,and both earlier than the book I was validating. I asked Gustavo what date to use and he said the latest. Cindy --- Gerald Hovas <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Grace, > > > > Let me make a change or two to what I sent you > before you post it to Jake's > website. I didn't bother to explain that the > claimant is the copyright > holder since I knew you'd understand that. > > > > For short story collections, there's usually someone > who's responsible for > pulling all the stories together and editing them, > and that person owns the > copyright for the book. If that's not the case in > this instance, then it's > my understanding that you'd take the most recent > date for one of the stories > and use the claimant associated with that date. If > you'd like help on what > to use, then send me the copyright page from the > book offlist, and I'll be > glad to help. > > > > Gerald > > > > _____ > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Silvara > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:35 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: help needed with > copyright > > > > Thank you Gerald and Cindy. It worked. > > For the first time I could check copy right info. > > Gerald, I would like to post this tip on Jake's > site if you don't mind. I > believe that this might help others with using the > sight with Jaws. > > > > Now I have another issue, The book I checked on is a > collection of short > stories. Flower Girls by various authors. loc.gov > shows me each story > separately. With the author being the claimant. I > assume claimant means > copyright holder. > > Now on the submission form do I just put all the > authors? > > It appears to me that that's the right thing to do. > Any comments? I can also > include the link on the comments field for Gustavo > to verify. > > Thanks. > > > > *** > Grace > > > > For scanning and validating tips > check out > http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/tl.asp > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gerald <mailto:GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> Hovas > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:24 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: help needed with > copyright > > > > Grace, > > > > Here's the link to the page where you want to start. > http://www.copyright.gov/records/cohm.html > > > > You'll find a set of radio buttons on this page > which will specify whether > you're searching for author, title, claimant, etc. > Using JAWS, which is > what I believe you're using if I remember correctly, > hit F or R to find the > next radio button. > > > > Once you specify what you're searching for, you can > hit E to find the field > where you enter your search string. Remember to > drop the initial article > from your search string, like the instruction next > to the radio button for > title says, if you're searching for the book's > title. > > > > Hitting enter will then take you to another page > where you narrow down your > search. > > > > Hitting X will move you through the search items > until you can find what > you're looking for since each item is associated > with a checkbox. This > should probably be a list of authors or titles. > > > > Once you find the item (or items) which you're > looking for, check that box > and hit B to move down to the Submit button and > press it. > > > > This will normally take you to still another page > where you'll want to > narrow your search down one more time. The first > page would normally narrow > the search to the author or title you're looking for > while the second will > narrow it to the book you're looking for. > Occasionally you'll find that the > database only contains a single record for your > search and this page will be > skipped. > > > > Again, check the appropriate box, but this time > you'll want to hit Shift-B > to find the Submit button since it's above the > checkboxes. Pressing it will > take you to the final page where you can see the > info you want. > > > > Once you are on the page with the book's copyright > info, hitting T should > take you to the beginning of the info. The date > you're looking for will be > the one associated with the publication date. It's > also usually found next > to the publisher's name. > > > > HTH > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > _____ > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Silvara > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:02 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] help needed with copyright > > > > Hi: > > > > I have tried to use the loc.gov/copyright and found > it confusing. Is there > specific steps that need to be taken? I put the > title on the search bar and > basically got nothing useful. Can anyone help? > > Thanks. > > *** > Grace > > > > For scanning and validating tips > check out > http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/tl.asp > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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