[bksvol-discuss] Re: Copyright question

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:10:34 -0700 (PDT)

Good points, Jim.  In validating, I've come across
titles with the wrong author and with a copyright
attributed to the publisher rather than the author.

But what do you mean by " More future functionality is
going
> to depend heavily on
> ISBN number: "  What sort of functionality, and what
about books that don't have ISBN numbers?
Just curious.

Cindy




--- Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> >As a practical matter, if a book has an ISBN, there
> likely is no reason
> to 
> >check further.
> 
> Actually, you should check further for a couple of
> reasons:
> 
> 1. Title/author check.  We've had books submitted
> with the wrong title,
> and had authors complain that they had a book they
> didn't write.  
> 2.  ISBN check.  More future functionality is going
> to depend heavily on
> ISBN number: it's worth checking it.
> 
> That's in addition to our copyright compliance
> requirement, which is
> written into Chafee.
> 
> Jim Fruchterman
> 
> 



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