Summary field and copyright issues question

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Summary field and copyright issues question

1scraps
May 5, 2:26 am

Hi all,
Are we allowed to post the publisher's summary in the summary field or is that considered a violation of copyright? As I understand the publisher's summary, it is their advertising blurb and they should want it in the summary but maybe that doesn't matter.

2.mau.
May 6, 2:44 am

>1 scraps: Summary is in your personal page for a book, so it should not matter anyway. (I regularly put them). You should not put it on Book description field, however.

3MarthaJeanne
Edited: May 6, 4:08 pm

>2 .mau.: Not in member's description, where eventually somebody will remove it. Although they will often show up in the regular description (where you can't add it.) Also not in review. That will get you red flagged.

If you want the publisher's blurb in the summary field, and not the automatic data summary, that counts as fair use.

4scraps
May 6, 3:52 pm

>3 MarthaJeanne: Thanks for both of your help.

5.mau.
May 7, 5:24 am

>3 MarthaJeanne: yes, of course I was talking about summary field.

6scraps
May 23, 3:40 am

Hello all,
Just a casual question from a curious newbie. How are you using the library covers color data? Do you use it to find your books? Does it suggest something about how color influences what you buy? Does it relate to personality or genre or something else? Like I said, I'm curious.

7MarthaJeanne
May 23, 4:34 am

I don't.

8tardis
May 23, 12:24 pm

>6 scraps: I don't use it either, but I look at it sometimes. It's sort of pretty.

9.mau.
May 23, 3:03 pm

>6 scraps: never used...

10DanieXJ
May 23, 7:45 pm

There's a library covers color data here?