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Kessinger is using scanned texts created by [[Google Books]], filing for [[International Standard Book Number]]s (ISBNs) for the scanned books, and offering to produce [[print on demand]] versions of them. |
Kessinger is using scanned texts created by [[Google Books]], filing for [[International Standard Book Number]]s (ISBNs) for the scanned books, and offering to produce [[print on demand]] versions of them. |
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Then Kessinger demands that Google block access to the scanned title so that readers will have to purchase the public domain work from Kessinger. |
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They offered 190,175 titles for sale in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |
They offered 190,175 titles for sale in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |
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Revision as of 00:08, 4 August 2012
| Founded | 1988 |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Whitefish, Montana |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Kessinger Publishing is a publisher that offers for reprint rare, out of print and out of copyright books originally issued by other publishers.[1] They are located in Whitefish, Montana.
The original dates of publication of the titles are usually prior to ca. 1923, which represents the most recent years for which books may be presumed to be out of copyright in the U.S.
Kessinger is using scanned texts created by Google Books, filing for International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) for the scanned books, and offering to produce print on demand versions of them.
Then Kessinger demands that Google block access to the scanned title so that readers will have to purchase the public domain work from Kessinger.
They offered 190,175 titles for sale in 2009.[2][3] Scholars have questioned their assigning new copyright dates for works that may be legitimately, and permanently, in the public domain, saying this limits their ability to search scanned public domain documents, calling this practice copyfraud.[4]
References
- ^ Heffernan, Virginia (2010-04-30). "Authors Unbound Online". The New York Times.
- ^ Strauss, Victoria (2010-05-23). "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics". Sfwa.org. SFWA and Writer Beware. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Bowker Reports Traditional U.S. Book Production Flat in 2009". Bowker.com. New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker. 2010-04-14. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ Eicher, Charles (2009-06-26). "Copyfraud: Poisoning the public domain, How web giants are stealing the future of knowledge". The Register. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
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