tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.comments2023-10-30T06:53:58.777-06:00Writers Welcome Blog!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comBlogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-13235442339048156362013-04-09T12:47:47.557-06:002013-04-09T12:47:47.557-06:00I agree with Roger and John, unless the copyright ...I agree with Roger and John, unless the copyright holder expressly permits 'remixing' or 'slicing' under the terms of something like a Creative Commons Copyright.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01426348248468370418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-66734380878406806852013-04-07T16:54:04.753-06:002013-04-07T16:54:04.753-06:00Roger - I agree with you. It is imperative that an...Roger - I agree with you. It is imperative that any re-arranging of any content is done with the copyright holder's permission :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-78104745346276888152013-04-07T10:32:22.551-06:002013-04-07T10:32:22.551-06:00I in no way see this as an obvious transition, exc...I in no way see this as an obvious transition, except in the way that some people always steal that which is not their own. I wonder how much the company would like their software decompiled and used for something for which it was not designed, and without permission.Three Hoodies Save the Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284152429583290408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-32182148034255828402013-04-04T15:36:48.567-06:002013-04-04T15:36:48.567-06:00@CCK - Thanks for your comment and experience :)
...@CCK - Thanks for your comment and experience :)<br /><br />Every textbook writer has access to the same level of expertise that you had. Granted, some may be naive, but, is this caused by the 'publishing industry' as a whole as Bill indicated and some conspiracy on their part? --- Or is it the fault of greedy individual buying institutions (some in higher ed itself) that are contracting for the particular textbook?<br /><br />One thing I forgot to ask Bill was 'who are these underpaid contract employees, and by whom are they contracted?' <br /><br />I feel he might be referring to teachers or other professionals working for an educational institution that, quite often, have dragonian employee agreement constraints --- and I addressed this situation in my response to his comment and generally agree with him Re this particular situation. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-67935692376085662902013-04-04T11:58:47.567-06:002013-04-04T11:58:47.567-06:00Hi John,
In my close to forty years of experien...Hi John, <br /> In my close to forty years of experience, textbook authors are not savvy when they sign their first contract and standard publishing contracts are written to take away ALL RIGHT from the author and put them into the hands of the publisher.<br /><br /> I am a textbook author who, early in her career, had a very savvy lawyer, who got me copyright for most of my books, but I am among the few who own the copyright. <br /><br />Textbook authors are increasingly treated, at least by upper level management, as paid-too-high content writers, and in this case anyway, Bill Tee's description of our role in the business is more accurate or at least closer to my experience. <br /><br />Perhaps there are differences among the disciplines and authors of business texts might know how to read and revise a contract to make it more in their favor. But this has not been my experience in the humanities.CCKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-38243355945958396492013-04-02T23:50:21.961-06:002013-04-02T23:50:21.961-06:00Bill, Thanks for your input :) You do make some le...Bill, Thanks for your input :) You do make some legit points, but:<br /><br />"Policing, or fear of it, limits teaching, quoting, or debating from textbooks." <br /><br />--- I disagree with this statement as teaching, quoting, or debating from textbooks is the very purpose of textbooks and why they were purchased and what drives the demand for them (how they make money for their authors). <br /><br />"The authors for textbooks are mostly underpaid contract employees and have no copyright rights."<br /><br />--- Authors for textbooks are not mostly contract employees; they are generally their own agents with all rights retained.<br /> You might be referring to grad student researchers (or teachers wanting to move up the tenure line)that are forced to write and publish in academic journals that DO INDEED screw them over by giving them no rights and make tons of money off their labor --- I've posted on academic publishing on numerous occasions. One of my pet peaves. <br /><br />"The rights go to giant media companies. Might this fight be founded on greed?"<br /><br />--- In the case of academic journals and not general textbooks, I agree.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-59604557311494427312013-04-02T01:22:35.602-06:002013-04-02T01:22:35.602-06:00It is quite ironic that this case involves textboo...It is quite ironic that this case involves textbooks. The Publishing industry has carefully shaped the copyright law in the last 40 years by lobbying for what it wants from Congress and by selectively enforcing those laws by choosing the venues (ie friendly federal districts) in which to expand those laws. Fair Use for instance, was clearly allowed under statute (within limits) but is now virtually dead. This has a major impact on the evolution of thought in this country. Policing, or fear of it, limits teaching, quoting, or debating from textbooks. The authors for textbooks are mostly underpaid contract employees and have no copyright rights. The rights go to giant media companies. Might this fight be founded on greed?BillTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840447482111217018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-12062740297500788882013-03-17T19:39:54.168-06:002013-03-17T19:39:54.168-06:00Beth - Thanks for your comment :)
I agree with y...Beth - Thanks for your comment :) <br /><br />I agree with you totally on being on a cusp of so much more change to come; also, with the legal issues being intelligently ironed out where the authors continue to get recomp for used ebook sales.<br /><br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-90324192642993444282013-03-17T14:30:49.581-06:002013-03-17T14:30:49.581-06:00John, Thanks for sharing this. We're on the cu...John, Thanks for sharing this. We're on the cusp of still so much more change to the ebook market. I hadn't thought about the used ebook market. Overall I think such a market can be a good thing for authors and publishers, if the legal issues can get ironed out. :-)Beth Baranyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292616364842442812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-53056240190875271512013-03-16T22:58:18.168-06:002013-03-16T22:58:18.168-06:00Thanks for the 'thanks', Sharon :)
I do h...Thanks for the 'thanks', Sharon :)<br /><br />I do have a question for you, however:<br /><br />How do you know if you want to re-read a book before you buy it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-31582585713218420162013-03-16T09:51:57.276-06:002013-03-16T09:51:57.276-06:00This is interesting. I have often wondered exactly...This is interesting. I have often wondered exactly what I am buying when I "buy" an ebook. I can't re-sell it and my right to loan it is extremely limited. It seems that either I should be buying more rights or the price of the book is very high considering that printing is not needed and distribution costs are low. I generally only buy books I want to re-read. For all others, I rely on the library for free downloads. I would love to be able to re-sell and I would probably buy more!<br /><br />Thanks for this bit of news.<br /><br />SharonSharon I. Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419001714089893362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-83584526288842455432013-03-06T12:11:29.825-07:002013-03-06T12:11:29.825-07:00@free classified sites in Chennai - I visited your...@free classified sites in Chennai - I visited your free classifieds site and enjoyed it :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-47949625930657789592013-03-06T07:17:23.811-07:002013-03-06T07:17:23.811-07:00magazine make information about many things and th...magazine make information about many things and there advertising are good to buy and sell... media world make entrainment to people in their life.. we are free advertising sites in chennai...free classified sites in chennaihttp://www.todayclassifies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-78146565980501153372013-02-21T10:15:11.955-07:002013-02-21T10:15:11.955-07:00Farah,
Thanks for your comment :)
The more open ...Farah,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment :)<br /><br />The more open ways to publish the better for both writers, readers and other peripheral publishing pros.<br /><br />I think Aqua Regia by Enrique Henri sounds interesting; I wish it mucho success!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-50401191953001582142013-02-20T17:34:21.444-07:002013-02-20T17:34:21.444-07:00I agree wholeheartedly. You and I are on parallel ...I agree wholeheartedly. You and I are on parallel pathways--the direction of alternative publishing. (:Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138745358078594049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-63531243368084669482013-02-12T11:51:47.091-07:002013-02-12T11:51:47.091-07:00Jack - Thanks for your comment :) I see you like s...Jack - Thanks for your comment :) I see you like sailing --- I do too, being from Key West.<br /><br />Hopefully B&N will survive by getting more into digital and academic (print) offerings --- I still like print; and since digital has pushed print into new and more efficient technological advances, perhaps it will survive :)<br /><br />TP's don't need to get into bed with Amazon, they need to put up their own digital bookstores and improvise their own online prowess to compete with Amazon --- better for the industry and the consumer!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-29557460594045638922013-02-12T09:07:23.540-07:002013-02-12T09:07:23.540-07:00I don't think there is any battle between TPs ...I don't think there is any battle between TPs and ebooks. If TPs are in a battle, it is with the inevitability of change. Dalton is gone. Barnes & Noble is going. Soon, we will be left with boutiques selling coffee table books and antiquarian books only. As bookstores go out of business, TPs are going to be forced more and more into bed with their principal competitor, Amazon. Interesting, isn't it.Jack Durishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577583997517810469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-18358284936607256372013-02-08T13:56:46.065-07:002013-02-08T13:56:46.065-07:00Mary,
"In my opinion, the tragedy here is th...Mary,<br /><br />"In my opinion, the tragedy here is that publishing like other kinds of communications (i.e. newspapers, broadcasting) went "corporate"--anjd so the bottom line because the standard by which everything was to be judged....you know the story; how they fired all the old editors, stopped promoting their writers, and dropped anyone who didn't steal a lot of books." --- Big publishing has always been 'corporate' to a degree; but, you are right , in my opinion, RE TP abandoning their committment to authors, especially developing new authors and supporting them with marketing resources, etc.<br /><br />"...since now ANYONE can self-publish, how can the reading public know who to read? Who';s good? And who's bad? If everyone can be published today, who is there to set the standards?"<br /><br />The reading public is far from stupid and they will discover what and who to read by simply doing what they like to do: READING. They are now their own gatekeepers and it's about time. There are free samples galore to read before they buy AND the prices are much cheaper without all the wasted overhead --- Plus the authors get to keep higher royalties (70%) of book prices. Even though the book prices are cheaper, authors can make more money as indies if they play their cards right :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-52958236963339745032013-02-08T11:57:42.608-07:002013-02-08T11:57:42.608-07:00Hi everyone, I'm new to the group but I've...Hi everyone, I'm new to the group but I've been writing professionally since I was 16...which makes me even more confused about what's going on in "Traditional Publishing" today...In my opinion, the tragedy here is that publishing like other kinds of communications (i.e. newspapers, broadcasting) went "corporate"--anjd so the bottom line because the standard by which everything was to be judged....you know the story; how they fired all the old editors, stopped promoting their writers, and dropped anyone who didn't steal a lot of books. Pretty soon, all they had was established "name" authors..who finally figured out that since the publishers were no longer doing anything for them (i.e. promotions, book signings) they could be the ones profiting just from their names...now the traditional publishers are on the ropes. And they have nobody to blame but themselves...The problem is, since now ANYONE can self-publish, how can the reading public know who to read? Who';s good? And who's bad? If everyone can be published today, who is there to set the standards?<br />Mary ManillaMary Manillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-48930219076443914472013-02-07T15:35:14.406-07:002013-02-07T15:35:14.406-07:00Donald - Apparently there is something to the old ...Donald - Apparently there is something to the old adage that bad things eventually catch up and happen to bad people :)<br /><br />If TP is to survive AT ALL, they are going to have to blow up their old business model and rebuild their thinking from the ground up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-81906811226693788312013-02-07T10:14:34.934-07:002013-02-07T10:14:34.934-07:00I am glad to see this discussion and agree with Jo...I am glad to see this discussion and agree with John that TP has forfeited their moral imperative to lead. As a small-run author with some academic-type, nonfiction titles I know TPs not only have nothing to offer me, and would never consider one of my projects they are so addicted to blockbusters and such, but actually are on the other side opposing a lot of what I advocate: competition, variety, open marketplace of ideas. Case in point: After publishing When Scotland Was Jewish and Jews & Muslims in British Colonial America with McFarland I prepared "chunk" versions of the indexes for separate publication on Amazon Create Space and Kindle. McFarland asked me to withdraw them as undercutting sales of the traditionally published books. There's got to be a parable in here, don't you think?Donald Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390276816959787104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-58236654191366718992013-01-31T09:39:50.358-07:002013-01-31T09:39:50.358-07:00Annie,
I published your comment RE Lexmark even t...Annie,<br /><br />I published your comment RE Lexmark even though I believe it borders on spam.<br /><br />I haven't checked due to lack of time at the moment - but, I don't believe Lexmark makes the kind of book printing and binding machine that is addressed in this post.<br /><br />If I'm wrong, let me know...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-2433686042717360792013-01-31T01:20:45.573-07:002013-01-31T01:20:45.573-07:00One of the most appreciated features about a print...One of the most appreciated features about a printer can be its speed-especially if there are multiple users relying on one machine. In this case the device better be fast and efficient along with network ready. Lexmark has many different printers available that are equipped with these features. The Lexmark E360dn, for example, is especially known for its fast output and network friendly specs. This model is perfect for small workgroups with high demands and steady workloads.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.braintreeprinting.com/pages/quickprintingtop100.html" rel="nofollow">Quick Printing Magazine</a>Annie Moniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952694729892085205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-39145423046941325332013-01-24T12:46:35.117-07:002013-01-24T12:46:35.117-07:00John,
Glad you learned something from this post.
...John,<br /><br />Glad you learned something from this post.<br /><br />Follow my blog for more insight into the publishing industry :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541491678060151162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789614947310882430.post-58456586335985634512013-01-24T03:50:18.771-07:002013-01-24T03:50:18.771-07:00I am impress to Author John Austin because in this...I am impress to Author John Austin because in this age print magazines.<br />Thanks..<br /><a href="http://www.videopak.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"> <b> Video in print </b> </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845175468097609560noreply@blogger.com