On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 01:37:55AM -0500, Robert Cicconetti wrote:
Thread necromancy: Is there any update on the Rule 6 procedure revision? It's been on hold for quite a while.
Indeed, and I've been the weak link. Here is the current text, seeing first light now for your enjoyment. The main thing I still want to include is a form or template for the required information.
Feedback welcome! This is a plain text dump, it will actually live as a Web page at http://copy.pglaf.org
Some more specific guidance on the alternative title research would be useful, unless we're just going for a 'documented best effort' approach. Library catalog information (worldcat/loc/nypl/etc) is sometimes helpful for renamed novels, but I haven't run across any exhaustive compilations of alternative titles for those, let alone serials. Sometimes the copyright registration or renewal will have previous publication information, but not always. On a subject-specific basis, there are some fairly comprehensive indexes for SF&F serials (Contento, ISFDB, Locus, etc) but I don't know the equivalent for random fiction or non-fiction I pick up a book fair. -R C