"Marcello" == Marcello Perathoner <marcello@perathoner.de> writes:
Marcello> On 02/11/2012 03:56 PM, Karl Eichwalder wrote: >> This is strange because you must enter the copyright or >> release/publication date, if you do the copyright clearance. Marcello> That is a different database. Its not trivial to match Marcello> copyright clearance records to ebooks because the ebook Marcello> no. gets affixed late in the process. I understand that going from the clearance to the book might be difficult, since the clearance may cover more than one book, but the converse should be straightforward: we need a clearance key to post a book. But the data are discarded by the WW-ers, and are hence difficult to retrieve. All the ww procedures toss away data. To get a clearance one has to enter the publisher name and location and publishing date; these are present in the clearance record, and can be consulted. The full clearance itself contains the publication date, and is part of the upload note, but the publisher is gone (unless the preparer transcribes the front page, that now is usual). And the posted note discards this information. It would be enough to include the full clearance metadata in the posting note, or at least the clearance number, that gives access to the clearance records, and the catalogue team would have all the data. Carlo