Bjarne: Many contributors to journals don't get paid unless they are on the journal's staff or on contract. Possibly just as well they might not include the pattern, because lots of contributors also have to sign away their rights to journals, which might include the pattern.
Not getting paid by the journal that publishes your work is quite common, especially in the academic community, where tenure and career advancement rides on "getting published or perishing" Journal publishers see themselves as taking all the monetary risk and contributors should be grateful that their work sees the light of day, in their view. This attitude has existed since Gutenburg, when printers/publishers did run huge risks, both monetary and political if someone in power didn't approve of what they published. The solution to this is having your website or other information about contacting you if readers are interested in that pattern, printed in that issue. You might be able to sell copies of your work in that way and make a little money. I once bought a pattern for a really authentic 1880's doll outfit by contacting the contributor whose contact info was at the end of the article she created. Excellent little pattern, by the way, with more contruction information than most magazines can include with their patterns. Bonne chance!! Cindy Abel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjarne og Leif Drews Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:57 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Bjarne's upcoming Inspiration article. The previous issue is number 54 and they told me i would be in number 55 wich comes in august. It seems to be that i only wil have the interwiev with pictures, they were interrested in gettning the embroidery pattern for my embroidered bird stomacher, but i dont think it wil come because i should have heard from them but have not. Also i told them i thoaght it was very rude that they dont pay their contributors who gives away embroidery designs for the magazine, actually we are in the year 2007, not 1880. But isnt this typically, because its most ladies who gives away their work for free, i think its about time, they get paid!!! Same with my kind of work, i work in nursing old people, and they pay us very poor, also because it still is womans work, typically Comeon ladies, you must insist to be payed well!!! Bjarne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Plumb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:14 AM Subject: [h-cost] Bjarne's upcoming Inspiration article. > Bjarne, there seems to be some confusion about which issue you will be > appearing in. > > I sent in a pre-order for issue August issue #57 (as you mentioned), and > was told that issue #57 wouldn't be available until 23 Jan 2008. > > Has there been some sort of mixup? > Michelle, looking forward excitedly to your feature! > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
