My apologies to all listserv subscribers, re the message I just attempted to
send to Abby Tallmer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abby Tallmer" <atallmer@yahoo.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: Subject: Soliciting Responses to Article on Ownership
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I am submitting a posting about a controversial and
> time-sensitive matter. In the April issue of AE
> Monthly we published an article about the ownership of
> book descriptions. This article, "Book Descriptions:
> The Key to Reselling," is by Bruce McKinney and to
> summarize it briefly, it deals with the issue of who
> owns a book description once the book that it
> describes has been sold and whether collectors have
> the right, with attribution, to re-use these book
> descriptions when they in turn decide to sell their
> collections. Mr. McKinney suggests that collectors
> do, or should, have that right so long as they credit
> the initial dealer or author of said description.
>
> We have received a variety of vehement responses to
> this article that run the spectrum from overwhelmingly
> positive to overwhelmingly the opposite. We at AE
> Monthly are soliciting responses from Special
> Collections Librarians & Curators, book dealers, &
> book collectors about this issue. We would prefer an
> on the record response, although we are also
> interested in off the record commentaries. Naturally,
> we'd love to hear any views you might have, no matter
> what their nature, on the subject.
>
> To access the article, go to
> http://www.americanaexchange.com/aemonthly/exhibition_detail.asp?eid=51
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>
> We look forward to reading any remarks you might have
> about this article, no matter what "side" they take.
> Please email me OFFLIST at your earliest convenience
> or send a Letter to the Editor at
> http://mailtoeditor@americanaexchange.com, as we are
> attempting to "take a pulse" on this topic prior to
> our next issue of AE Monthly, which appears on May
> 1st. My contact information is listed below.
> Finally, please feel free to pass this announcement on
> to anyone you know to whom you feel it may be of
> interest.
>
> Sincerely,
> Abby Tallmer
> Managing Editor,
> AE Monthly
> Email: atallmer@americanaexchange.com
> AE Website: www.americanaexchange.com - click on
> rightmost upper toolbar for AE Monthly icon
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