Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: [...] > No, because books are meant to be read. Once you have written > successful books, or produced successful research (like winning a Nobel > prize) you can use your fame to make money on the lecturing circuit. > This also works for failed politicians like Al Gore ;-)
And dead scientists like Einstein. "The Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem own the Literary Estate of Albert Einstein, as declared in his last will and testament." http://www.albert-einstein.org/.index5.html Price list for the use in non-commercial publication: Item Price in US$ Photo 150.00 Photo on cover of publication 500.00-1000.00 * Reproduction of manuscript 100.00 Quotation of entire letter 50.00 Quotation of entire article 100.00 Price list for the use in commercial publication: Please send the details of your request to our office [EMAIL PROTECTED] The price for commercial publications is calculated as a function of retail price, number of copies and percentage of content of licenced material in the publication. The amounts for non-commercial fees mentioned above constitute a minimum and commercial fees cannot fall below them. -------- regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
