Ch. 2.3
2.3.1
2.3.1
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COPYRIGHT
OFFICE
PRACTICES
OFFICE
PRACTICES
2.3.2
What are Periodicals(cont'd)
IV.
Series of books. (cont'd)
Examples of a series of books (cont'd)
(2)
A series of volumes, each an individual work complete in itself; e.g., the issue bi-weekly of one of the "100 great books ",the monthly selections of a book club, the issue each month of one full-length mystery story
(3)
The successive issues of revised editions of a book; e. g a d1rectory or a technical handbook revised quarterly
(4)
A single work issued in parts; e.g., the separate volumes of an encyclopedia, or of a set of twelve books comprising a training course.
V.
Loose-leaf reporter material. Loose-leaf material published at intervals as additional or replacement pages for loose-leaf books is considered properly classifiable as a book, and the Office will recommend registration in Class A. If the applicant insists, the Office will register such material in Class B under the rule of doubt.
VI.
Post-Office classification. The entry of a publication as second class matter at the Post Office is a persuasive indication that it may be registered as a periodical, but is not conclusive.
2.3.3
Separate Editions of a Particular Issue
I.
Periodicals other than daily newspapers.
a.
Where an issue of a periodical is published in two or more separate editions containing differ ent copyrightable matter, separate registrations will be required.
[1973]