That is great! On 17/11/2013 11:23 AM, "Raymond Feist/New ATT" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Nov 16, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Scott Burchfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I received a copy of the cloth covered Magician book from the UK and was > looking through the page opposite the dedication and right after the > Copyright Raymond E. Feist 1982, 1992 there is this: > > > > "Robin Hobb asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of > this work." > > > > I'm not an author or publisher, but this seems very odd to me. I did a > search at Crydee.com but the only thing referencing "Hobb" were non Feist > books for sale. > > > > Ray could you clear this up? > > > > No, I can't. I'm sworn to secrecy, and they're holding my kids . . . > > It's just a production fuck up. The "droit moral" clause (which is not > agreed to by the US, alone, of all signatories to the Berne Convention on > Copyright) says that you put that stuff in there. HarperCollins screwed > the pooch big time. Apparently, Robin Hobb wrote Magician and I wrote Song > of Fire and Ice! How's that? > > Just a production mistake. Nothing significant in it. Though I was doing > a signing with Megan Lindholm (Robbin Hobbs) and autographed a copy someone > had fetched over from the UK and Megan circled that and wrote, 'No I > didn't!" and signed it. Thought it was great fun. > > Best, R.E.F. > > > >
