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Originally Posted by starrigger
Thank you.
However, if by the above you mean that the book's main display page states that the book is copyrighted, I really don't see it. Are you referring to the copyright symbol and the word "status"? That does not, to me, say that the book is copyrighted. It looks like a boilerplate label for which nothing is filled in--suggesting, if anything, that the book is NOT in copyright. Or that the status is unknown. You might want to revisit your design of how that information is presented.
And you really need to change the terms of use which now state that all books on the site are in the public domain.
I checked your epub version of Neptune Crossing, and found that it does have the copyright page. However, it was from my earliest posting, and is missing the cover artist credit. In fact, it is probably a flawed version in terms of the text, since I only last week managed to get a fully corrected version up.
You have my permission to repost my free downloads, provided that the copyright status is clear, and that the text, including copyright page, is unaltered.
Thanks.
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You're 100% about the TOS, I'll point this out to the person who wrote it, as obviously this is a mistake.
Concerning the copyright status message it is indeed a generic message right under the logo:
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Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country.
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In this case it clearly states to check the copyright statut included in the book, something that Manybooks for example doesn't mention:
http://manybooks.net/titles/carverjo...inite_sea.html
I haven't finished the support for CC licenses yet (in Doctorow's case), and for the moment they're only included in the book because I plan on implementing a real support with RDFa embedded in the page, and the license included in the DublinCore metadata of the files. Honestly, I don't think that anyone else will go that far concerning CC licenses in e-books...
As for the missing copyright page, I honestly believe that it is a mistake from the user who uploaded the book and will correct this immediately.