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Comment on Celebrating Children’s Book Week by Clara

Clara — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:10:23 +0000

Really….such a beneficial internet site.

Comment on More Mother’s Day writing activities by Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:34:27 +0000

Kim, Thanks for sharing your expertise and fun with our readers! I know a lot of moms will be thankful.

Comment on Journal prompts for cat-loving kids by Kim

Kim — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:40:40 +0000

You know, I’m not sure! We find many of our photos through Flickr’s Creative-Commons licensed images. so we don’t always have the particulars. It is a cute cat, though!

Comment on Journal prompts for cat-loving kids by Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:50:58 +0000

Is that a Tonkinese? We have a platinum mink Tonk, this one looks like a natural. So cute!

Comment on Homeschoolers, copyright, & consumable workbooks by Kim

Kim — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:35:56 +0000

That’s a great question, Christie. When you loan a physical book to someone, there’s only one copy. It’s either in your possession or someone else’s. On the other hand, if you loan an e-book to your sister, let’s say, you’ve in essence duplicated the book: you still have a copy on your hard drive while your sister has a copy on hers.

We might be able to look to Kindle as an example. Kindle only allows an e-book to be in the hands of one person at a time. I can loan a Kindle e-book to a friend for two weeks, but during that time, it’s unavailable to me on my own device. Software licenses operate in a similar fashion, with the copyright allowing you to install certain software on only one computer at a time.

My understanding is that most e-books’ copyrights specify that the books can’t be shared. I’m not an attorney and have no idea where to draw that line or whether it’s OK for you to delete the e-book from your hard drive during the time your sister is looking it over.

I do know that Amazon offers free previews of most Kindle books. Also, many curriculum companies offer free sample lessons for viewing before purchasing.

Hope that helps!

Comment on Homeschoolers, copyright, & consumable workbooks by Christie

Christie — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:01:33 +0000

I abide as much as possible by copyright laws. We buy separate workbooks for each child etc. My mum drilled that into me as a kid – we never copied tapes (yes tapes) or other music forms. That said, I didn’t know that we were supposed to destroy the pages of a partially used workbook (or not use that used part for the next child) before handing on to another. Now I know. .

So here’s a question. If we had a physical book, we could lend it to a friend to look through and they physically hand it back? Is there some kind of way to legally do that with an e-book? I have in the past, forwarded something to my sister stating that she can look through it but if she wants it herself, I’d rather she purchase her own. Guessing now that that isn’t legal. Thoughts?

Comment on Product review: All About Spelling {and giveaway!} by MrsC.

MrsC. — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:59:45 +0000

i wanna win..

Comment on Product review: All About Spelling {and giveaway!} by Kim

Kim — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:24:45 +0000

Best of luck in the drawing, Dee!

Comment on Product review: All About Spelling {and giveaway!} by Dee

Dee — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:05:27 +0000

Spelling is a struggle in our house. I need a new method!

Comment on 22 writing prompts that jog childhood memories by Kim

Kim — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:10:20 +0000

Wow, that’s pretty incredible, Tara! I remember JFK’s assassination clearly, too. I was 9, though, so the memory is probably sharper. But I don’t think I have any memories of my childhood before age 3 or 4.