Out of stock
When out is any goods , but especially printed products and among these especially books that are no longer available through which they previously created, and the selling organization publishers.
Requirements for books
The fact that a book is out of stock is preceded by the decision of a book publisher , following the complete sale of all printed copies of the edition of a book that it distributes, not to allow this edition to follow - or if the publisher has not sold another edition if one edition is incomplete Storage of remaining copies no longer seems worthwhile. Depending on the contract and agreement with the writers are then the remaining copies of either the publishers significantly reduced verramscht and / or offered to the authors themselves or ultimately makuliert , d. H. disposed of as waste paper .
According to the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels , quoting the Book Price Fixing Act of 2002, publishers are not actually allowed to sell a title within 18 months after it has appeared - but in certain exceptional cases, "e.g. for periodically appearing books, for publications that are quickly out of date or for certain event books the fixed price can even be terminated before 18 months. "
For the exploitation of out of print book titles
Out-of-print titles, not least as collectors' items that are sometimes sought after, are the main business area for second-hand bookshops that have specialized in buying and selling old and used books per se.
An out of print book title also means the relevant end of the contract between the publisher and the author. If no other publisher can be found after the corresponding rights have fallen back , more and more authors are resorting to the option of self-publication - not least in order to be able to dispute readings with new editions and to be able to refer to copies of a title again in bookshops or / and by themselves . ( See also: Self-Publication # Professional Authors (Hybrid Authors) )
Statutory Regulations
Legally, the rights to out-of-print works u. a. in the law on the exercise of copyrights and related rights by collecting societies (Collecting Societies Act - VGG); Section 51 works that are out of print and in the law on the exercise of copyrights and related rights by collecting societies (collecting societies law - VGG); § 52 register of out-of-print works; Authorization to issue ordinances regulated. These laws open u. a. the collecting societies in turn for the digitization and provision of printed works on the web “new scope for action”. The laws u. a. in the trade journal LIBREAS .
See also
- Orphan work whose rights holder cannot be determined even after a careful search.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden : To adjective out of print , online at duden.de
- ^ Klaus Gantert: Basic librarianship. 9th edition. De Gruyter Saur, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-032145-6 , p. 95.
- ↑ Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels : FAQ fixed book prices - 2. When can publishers change or even suspend prices? , online at boersenverein-sasathue.de
- ↑ See example »Out of stock« since ZVAB there is no longer an online search via ZVAB , online at zvab.com
- ↑ See e.g. B. "General" in About the Edition , website of Edition Gegenwind , online at edition-gegenwind.de
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection : Act on the exercise of copyrights and related rights by collecting societies (collecting societies law - VGG); Section 51 Out-of-print works , online at gesetze-im-internet.de
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection: Act on the exercise of copyrights and related rights by collecting societies (collecting societies law - VGG); § 52 register of out-of-print works; Authorization to issue ordinances , online at gesetze-im-internet.de
- ^ Licensing service for out-of-print works (VW-LiS) see German National Library , online at dnb.de.
- ↑ Armin Talke: Orphaned and Out-of-Print Works - Is the 20th Century Finally Coming to the Digital Library? , in the journal LIBREAS , online at libreas.eu