Deposit 5 copies with the Copyright Libraries Agency:
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LONDON
NW1 2HQ
Telephone Number: 020 7388 5061
Fax Number: 020 7383 3540
That means at least Oxford and Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin and the
National Libraries of Scotland and Wales will have copies.
It goes without saying that you are legally bound to deposit a copy with the
BL:
Legal Deposit Office
The British Library
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Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BY
Tel: +44 (0)1937 546268
Fax: +44 (0)1937-546176
-----Original Message-----
From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrian Smith
Sent: 15 February 2005 00:27
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Subject: Re: Would welcome advice.
Make sure it gets into BNB?
-----Original Message-----
From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals on behalf of
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Sent: Mon 14/02/2005 17:16
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Subject: Would welcome advice.
I've just written a book on an historical/literary theme which has a
small
print run but it has a 2 page article in the Times Lit Supp this
week and
has attracted quite a lot of attention in its little circle. I
wanted it
basically to go into libraries but I knew that there would be some
collectors so I put out a numbered edition for them. However, I'm
getting
quite a few collectors who seem to think that it is going to become
valuable and so they're buying the regular copies too, for
investment.
My main aim in producing this book was to provide a resource for
students
and scholars as it contains information which is not available
anywhere
else. I don't particularly want to be sending off multiple copies
to people
who hope to hang on to them and re-sell (heck I could do that
myself) and
would at least like to bring the book to the notice of librarians
and ensure
that they have the chance to buy (or reserve) a copy if they think
they
would have the readers for it. But basically I don't know how
libraries
work. Apart from The Bookseller (which will get info from Whitakers,
I
guess) I have no idea of how to bring the book to the attention of
public
and university librarians. How would other people on the list
tackle this
if they were in my position? I am not desperate to flog my book,
just keen
to see that the small number of copies that exist get to those who
need to
use it rather than to those who want to speculate with it. Best
wishes,
Jenny Woolf.
