Doug, Please make sure that you create an ebook variant of those books.. The 'Casais das Flores e Corvo' is so much more useful in ebook format, that I actually stopped using the paper version. There are print-on-demand publishers that will list your book in Amazon, iTunes and Google Play store as an ebook, and also print and post a paper book to those who feel better with a dead tree in their hands.
I draw a line between reference books (technical or genealogy trees) and story books (fiction, science or biography). The former are way better when I can Ctrl+F and search what I need. The latter usually deserve the tree sacrifice. João C. Ventura http://tombo.pt On Friday, December 20, 2013 1:14:31 AM UTC+1, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: > > Thanks for your thoughts on this, Joao. > > It will be something I must deal with in the future as I plan to start > publishing. > I was just thinking how massive a task it would be to get in writing the > permission for each and every living person to be included. There are many > people who write me to make sure their families are included in my future > Pico and Terceira books. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Putting our research on Ancestry > From: João_Ventura <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Thu, December 19, 2013 4:30 pm > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > Hi Doug, > > Oh yes, the 10-book Genealogias da Ilha Terceira. I don't have that book, > as my wife's ancestors don't come from Terceira. I do have the 4-book > Genealogias das Quatro Ilhas where indeed a lot of living people are > listed. Some were still being breast fed when it was published. > > I do think that the science clause,applies, but it's slightly different. > In Portugal (and in the rest of the world), they're still struggling on the > difference between paper and digital. The former is free speech, and you > can't censor that without good reason. The tables turn in the case of data > and databases. On the data front, there's this privacy comission I > mentioned (CNPD) that regulates the distribution of any private data. In > the end it's all the same, but the line can easily grow thin in the case of > ebooks (which is what the 10vol GdIT and 4vol Gd4I should have been, > instead of being so massive and expensive). > > As an aside, I do firmly believe that these books have heavy contributions > by people, which simply contribute their whole GEDCOM without realizing > their young cousins will make it onto a printed book. Unfortunately, it > also leads to some simple errors which shouldn't be committed by > genealogists of such renown. I've got a case of a woman (ancestor to my > wife and my kids) being a mother at 76yrs back in the 1700s. > > João C. Ventura > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
