He has even invaded the classical world to compile a collection of "The Complete Chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach".
Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, has agreed to help compile a collection of the singer's correspondence, including postcards and doodles, to be published in October 2012.
After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Ms. Sergel helped the photographer Gilles Peress and others compile a collection of images for an exhibition and a book.
The collection was appraised at nearly $80,000, but as David Gassman, president of the society, put it, "If one had to compile a collection like this, we would be talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars".
It probably does add an extra layer of interest if you recognise the protagonist, a poet called Paul Chowder, from The Anthologist, in which he was trying to compile a collection of classic verse while distracted by multiple Bakeresque digressions and the failure of his relationship with his girlfriend, Roz; but it won't be a deal-breaker for a reader who starts here.
The first half of this chapter focuses on the most common need for academic permission permission to compile a collection of copyrighted materials used for teaching into a "coursepack" or "reader". The second half of the chapter is devoted to an analysis of academic fair use guidelines, under which permission is not required for educational use of copyrighted materials.
