Thanks, Madeleine, for aking the time to exploain -- ye, hat does clarify things for me; I guess since I no longer scan I never saw that smile I hopew it's warmer up there than it is down here Cindy On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Cindy, > > > > Volunteers who scan for Bookshare make sure to check “United States” under > country restrictions. This means that only users from the US can read them. > This is due to US copyright law. This is also why only US residents can > volunteer to proof or scan books. Any book scanned by a Bookshare > volunteer, regardless of where it was published, can be made available to > US Bookshare members. > > > > Publishers do not operate under the same amendment to the copyright law > that we do, thus, they have different restrictions. > > > > Hope that clarifies things. > > > > Best, > > > > Madeleine > > > > *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy Rosenthal > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 6:54 PM > *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: was: Re: On Being Mortal books not > available to U.S. readers > > > > > > I'm confused; how does that work? > > And if a U.S. person buys and book and scans it ... there are citizens > of other countries who are bookshare members, are there not? so if the book > is in the collection, does a person who tries to download it get a menage > you can't have access to this book? I understand that if the publisher > donates it with a restriction, it should be restricted by bookshare to a > U.S. citizen, but if such a person is able to buy it and scans it and it is > then proofed, etc., why should book-share take it upon itself to deny it to > other citizens; that doesn't seem fair; > > Cindy > > P.S. How would we know before scanning a book , if we bought a book, > that it's not to be available to U.S. citizens? ( I suppose it says > somewhere in the front pages > > Cindy > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Madeleine Linares < > Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > One of my coworkers in the Collection Development department just brought > it to my attention that we’re actually working on that book (On Being > Mortal) right now because it’s a New York Times bestseller. > > > > Please don’t scan it! > > > > Judy did bring up a great point: make sure to check which countries can > read the book when you search the collection and think you’ve found the > book already in our collection. We sometimes get books from publishers with > specific rights for countries other than the US. > > > > Best, > > > > Madeleine > > > > *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Judy s. > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:39 PM > *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book to scan: > > > > Unless I'm missing something, this book, "Being Mortal" by Gawande, is not > available to United States members, even though it is in the Bookshare > collection. > > Am I looking at the wrong title? If so, can someone point me to the right > one? > > Thanks. > > Judy s. > Follow me on Twitter at QuackersNCheese > <https://twitter.com/QuackersNCheese> > > On 1/13/2015 2:48 PM, ohio1803@xxxxx wrote: > > You are so welcome, Sister Dolores. > I know what it can be to scan and submit a book and then to find out it is > already there! > This is a very good book, by the way. I heard a really fascinating > interview with the author on the Diane Rehm show on NPR a while back. > Rik > > -----Original Message----- From: Dolores Dean > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 1:17 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book to scan: > > Thank you for telling me about 'On Being Mortal'. That was so kind. > > Sister Dolores > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > >