[bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom line (response to Cindy's specific questions)
- From: "Jesse Fahnestock" <Jesse.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:14:59 -0700
1. Regarding foreign copyrights, this is a grey area, so I didn't feel that I
could post it in a message that stated it was 'the bottom line'. Our
interpretation is that a book must have either a U.S. Copyright notice, or be
copyrighted to a multinational publisher with U.S. operations. In both cases it
must be scanned and submitted by a volunteer in the U.S. (I didn't mention that
either, because hopefully I've managed to screen out overseas volunteers. We'd
love to be able to accept their contributions but cannot under our
interpretation of the Chafee Amendment). Because the foreign copyright issue is
a grey area, I invite anyone to right me offlist at volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if
they have a question about the book they're working on.
2. Indeces are not considered core text, and therefore they are not legally
required for acceptance of the book. Obviously they can be of use, and any
volunteer is welcome to clean up an index that has errors, but doing so is not
required for acceptance. The same applies to tables of contents, advertising
pages, notes, glossaries, and dust jacket copy. We welcome all of this, but
none of it is required for acceptance. So if you get a book that has problems
in one of these areas you need not reject it out of hand. The only material
apart from the core text that must be present is the copyright notice and the
title and author.
jesse.
Jesse, two questions:
DId you accidentally omit the fact that we can't do
books that don't have U.S. copyrights. I just came
across a short book(only 65 pages) that looks
excellent, (originally in Italian, Guido --Seta, by
Alessandro Baricco), but the English translation is
under British copyright.
Also, from what you say in #5, does that mean I don't
have to worry too much about validating indices and
and notes? That's one reason I've stayed away from
nonfiction tomes. In the past I've at least lined them
up and skimmed them, but in one book I just couldn't
face the chore and said that in the comments that if
anyones needs that to contact me. I promised to keep
rather than delete that particular book file.
And does #5 mean we don't need to include the ad pages
of paperbacks, as we were told once we should? Or we
should scan but don't have to validate those?
Cindy
--- Jesse Fahnestock <Jesse.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone -- I have recently received many emails
> from volunteers confused about whether they must
> reject a book or not. I think the higher standards
> maintained by many members in this group have
> confused people. Therefore, I will restate, as I did
> on Monday, what a book must have to be accepted:
>
> 1. The book is not already on Bookshare.org, or if
> it is, that it is being submitted as a superior
> replacement or transcribed Braille copy.
> 2. The book is not an eBook acquired under
> proprietary agreement (e.g. a commercial eBook, a
> book from WebBraille, etc.)
> 3. The copyright name and date are included.
> 4. The title and author are included somewhere in
> the book.
> 5. The book is not missing multiple pages of core
> content (core content does not include tables of
> contents, indeces, picture pages, or other front or
> back matter and the like).
> 6. The book is readable.
>
> If a book meets all of these requirements, you may
> absolutely accept the book. Indeed, I encourage it.
> If the book is missing page numbers, or has running
> headers, or the table of contents is jumbled, or the
> title page is missing (but the above info is still
> available), those are not bases for rejecting the
> book.
>
> I predict that many volunteers will post follow-up
> messages regarding other things that they do, and
> think that you should do, before approving a book.
> That is because we have the most dedicated
> volunteers in the world, and they go above and
> beyond the call of duty. But even they know that
> while they may do additional work to improve a book
> that meets the above six requirements, they should
> not reject a book that meets them all. So whatever
> the follow-up messages say, remember that this
> message is the bottom line!
>
> I hope that clears it up for everyone!
>
> ________________________
>
> Jesse Fahnestock
> Collection Development Coordinator, Bookshare.org
> www.bookshare.org
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