In earlier times, before ebooks and print - on - demand technologies, vanity presses required the author to purchase
a substantial number of copies of his or her book upfront.
That house would do what many publishing houses do: pay authors large advances for books that would (hopefully) sell
a substantial numbers of copies.
Not exact matches
While some rights holders have argued that the standard for a
substantial is very low (the National Post recently argued in a case that «even the reproduction
of a small
number of words in a newspaper article can be an impermissible reproduction»), the Copyright Board says that its preliminary view is that «
copying of a few pages or a small percentage from a book that is not a collection
of short works, such as poems, is not
substantial.»
It is also crucial that such information is available in hard
copy format as well as online to help the
substantial numbers of taxpayers who are either digitally excluded or find it difficult to engage with government online.»
For the first time ever, Multnomah County Library has added a
substantial number of e-book
copies — more than 1,000 in all — for those who choose tablets or e-readers as their preferred format.