jp135 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Hi, can any help me I am looking to start loaning books to private day nurserys, similar to the library but in much more specialist subjects Can anyone tell me of any known copyright or other legal issues that could effect this thank you in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Are you donating the books? If you are then I don't see a problem. I did a charity once and we donated 200 books to a Christian School. We experienced no problems. I don't think I helped you out at all. I am sorry. If you want the books back then you can make them sign a contract. The books would just be passing through owner to owner, no different then a book ring. Unless you are asking money for them, then I would tell you to just give the books to the children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 No copyright problems either that I am aware of - this applies mainly to other authors wanting to utilise the material anyway though so would not affect you. I think though that this is a brilliant idea that most authors would applaud and be happy to support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 You might be best-off speaking to a librarian about this. I know that when a library book is borrowed, the author gets a small royalty (it's literally penies, but it all mounts up). There may be somepaperworkyou have to complete or somewhere you have to register so that the author doesn't lose out. I don't actually know this for certain, but speaking to a librarian might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Speaking as an author Kell, there are no copyright issues that I am aware of - I have donated my own books to things such as this many a time, and it is not something that an author would necessarily expect to get paid for anyway. This is completely different to a public lending library, where you are right, the author does get paid a very small sum (around 6 pence every time their book is borrowed). The PLR scheme is imo a swiz anyway though, since each year they take a random sample of libraries from across the UK from which to base their figures and calculate what authors are owed. What this in practise means is that even though yoru book may be available in loads of other libraries across the country and borrowed on a regular basis from them (as mine in fact is) because it is not available in the random sample, you don't get paid ! Bit of a swiz if you ask me, and they are cutting PLR for the next 3 years as well I hear, so there will be even less money available. Sometimes I wish we had a Writers Guild so we could all go on strike ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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