<p>I know this is off college topic,but I would kindly need an answer from someone.I created my blog about a month ago to share important books and information with younger highschool science students in my country,especially those with very low family income.So I started a huge,orderly,painstaking compilation of e-books I own and was about to start posting yesterday evening until I noticed something that afternoon that really put me in “thorns.”:I was beginning with a book(study)and on the third page I read that the book cannot be distributed or …and so on…without the permission of the author.I had seen notifiers like that in books,but they never struck my mind.Then I related it to the fact that I can’t just “distribute=upload” my books on net without the author’s permission.I was really lost on to how I can seek permission i.e is it possible for some ordinary person like me?Or should I just give up the whole idea of the blog and shut it down?I know uploading without permission would be illegal and would want to avoid this.Pls any help will be appreciated;I have really strived to do the compilation,so I would need a good idea as to what to do…:(</p>
<p>You can set up the list as a reference bibliography but you can’t upload the books. Unless the book is free content or “public domain”, it cannot be uploaded onto the internet.</p>
<p>Is there no solution other than this?I mean,I wanted to make the books free to use especially for those who can’t afford them.Thanks:(</p>
<p>Unless you have specific permission to upload these books from people who hold the copyright to them - you will be breaking the law. This is no different than making copies of movies or music and putting them online.</p>
<p>How do I seek permission?Is it hard to do so?And can the copyright owner say yes to my request if he understands the real purpose behind it?</p>
<p>You write to the publisher and explain your request - and see what happens. Just don’t be shocked if they say no. Publishers and writers need to make a living, too. And SELLING books is how they happen to do it.</p>
<p>In the US, most public libraries allow their patrons to check out e-books for the same length of time as they would check out a physical book. There may be a way to work with the publishers to establish an entirely on-line circulating library that could serve the on-line community that you have in mind. The publishers themselves may have ideas about how to make this work. If not, try contacting the public libraries in your country, and/or in the US for their suggestions.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Umm I am sorry if i ask too much questions,but how do I write them xactly.I should go to the website of the book publisher or what?</p>
<p>Umm @happymommof,i would have loved the idea of a public library,but how many of them have the time and money to visit the internet,and comfortably read a text?</p>