under which it is filed, the following items of information if available and applicable :
1) Title.
2) Names of joint authors, editors, trans- lators, etc., generally if no more than two. 3) Edition statement.
4) Place of publication for all foreign works; and for domestic works if given in an im- print on the work, unless the work is entered under the publisher as author.
5) Name of the first-named publisher given in an imprint on the work; when the publisher is also the author the name is omitted.
6) Physical description, consisting of the num- ber of pages or other terms descriptive of the work; unpaged works, and those with complicated or irregular paging are de- scribed as 1 v.; for works issued in more than one volume, the number of volumes is given. No description is given for directories, serials, and numbered volumes which are part of a set.
7) Series statement.
8) Statement that the work was first issued in a newspaper or magazine or that it was published with or as a part of another work. 9) Names of authors given in the application which do not appear elsewhere in the entry. 10) Name of the employer in the case of a work made for hire, if so named in the applica- tion. 11) Information contained in the application which relates to the registration of an earlier version of the work. 12) Brief statement of the new matter on which copyright is claimed, preceded by the ab- breviation NM, if this information is given in the application and is not indicated elsewhere in the entry. 13) Copyright symbol ©. 14) Name of the copyright claimant. 15) Date of publication as given in the appli- cation. 16) Registration number. Whenever it is necessary to indicate a variation between the information given in the application and in the copy of the work with respect to the claimant's name or the date of publication, the data from the application are given first, followed by the phrase "in notice" and the data given in the work; e.g., © Richard Roe & Co.; 10Aug63 (in notice: 1962); A643000. Works deposited in connection with copyright registration may be selected for inclusion in the collections of the Library of Congress. Library of Congress printed cards are available for many of the published works so selected. Orders for such cards or inquiries concerning them should be ad- dressed to the Card Division, Library of Congress, Building No. 159, Navy Yard Annex, Washing- ton, D.C., 20541. For renewal registrations, each main entry includes, in addition to the name or title under which it is filed, the following items of information if available and applicable: 1) Title. 2) Names of authors of renewable matter when there are more than one. 3) Edition statement. 4) Number of volumes if more than one. 5) Series statement. 6) Brief statement of the new matter on which the original copyright was claimed, pre- ceded by the abbreviation NM, if avail- able in the renewal application. 7) Copyright symbol ©. 8) Date of original copyright. 9) Original registration number. 10) Name of the renewal claimant followed by a statement in parentheses, usually ab- breviated, giving the basis of the renewal claim as supplied by the applicant; e.g., "John Doe (NK)" indicates that renewal of copyright is claimed by John Doe as next of kin of the deceased author. 11) Date of receipt of the renewal application or fee, whichever is later.
12) Renewal registration number.
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These entries alone may not reflect the complete Copyright Office record pertaining to a particular work. Contact the U.S. Copyright Office for information about any additional records that may exist.
