Here is the complete message. The earlier one was posted by mistake. Before I finished writing it. I really do not have time today to respond to the various messages on this thread. I do NOT know what is actually being offered in the items cited by Josh from adverisements on Amazon.com (see his message below)
I have seen some strange variations in book prices, and I think it is always best to check as many dealers as possible to determine a fair market price for any book. I recall one bunch of abe books that started at $47 and went to well over $200 for the same title. Before shelling out nearly $US300, or even $137, for the advertised Francesco edition, you had best determine what you are paying for. The HUP Francesco edition (from which I received NO ROYALTIES) has long been available in a ProQuesr (formerly UMI) "Books on Demand" reprint (for which I receive about $90-$100 in royalties each year, which equates to about two cents per hour for the time I spent with that edition (I obtained microfilms and collated some 640 sources for Francesco's music, for example). That's chicken feed, as they say. Here is the link for that "On Demand" book. http://wwwlib.umi.com/bod/fullcite?id=153122 "Books on Demand" mainly deals with libraries wishing to replace lost or damaged books in therir collection. The Francesco edition sold for $137 (paper) a year or so ago, and now sells for $157 (paper) when ordered from ProQuest/UMI. It is available to dealers at a reduced ("wholesale") price of about (IIRC) $85. What I have discovered is that dealers are usually advertising the "On Demand" edition. Used copies of the HUP print are very rare. When one of these dealers gets an order, they simply pass the order on to ProQuest/UMI. These dealers are usually asking for payment in advance, and advise that the order is subject to a six week delay, the length of time it takes to publish it "on demand." They are not selling used copies of the original edition (which due to superior paper and binding might well sell for $300). They are selling the "On Demand" reprint. It uses Perfect Binding. And in one instance, several years ago, I spoke with an antioqurian book seller, and confirmed that indeed he was purchasing copies at the dealer's cost of $85 and selling them for about $300. That is, the dealer was charging over twice the cost one would pay by getting the book directly from ProQuest/UMI ($137, now $157). Of course there is no official "list price," so the dealer can charge whatever the market will bear. So, caveat emptor. As for the copyright issues, I really do not want to get into that matter. It's too complex. Editions like the Francesco edition, the Dowland edition (Poulton-Lam), the deRippe editions (Vaccaro), the Weiss edition (Smith), etc., etc., all enjoy copyright protection, although many of the pieces contained therein "may" be public domain. (Does that make sense? Of course not. I warned you the matter's "complex."<g>) AJN. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Josh Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:47 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Francesco >> >> >>> Are these related at all to the books you are >>> talking >>> about? There is >>> only 1 of each. >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Music-Francesco-Canova-Milano-1497-1543/dp/B000OV6 >>> C34/ref=sr_1_5/102-1000265-5229764?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178062840&sr=8-5 >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Music-Francesco-Canova-Milano-1497-1543/dp/0674539 >>> 559/ref=sr_1_3/102-1000265-5229764?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178062840&sr=8-3 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Andrew White >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 3:08 PM >>> To: lute list >>> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Francesco >>> >>> There is a few here also >>> >>> http://web.gerbode.net/ft2/composers/Milano/pdf/ >>> >>> On 02/05/2007, at 7:51 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote: >>> >>>> As said earlier the Ness edition is a scholarly >>>> edition. Pieces >>>> sometimes >>>> have variant readings - from different sources - >>>> for >>>> passages. This is >>>> hugely important to to be aware of, but doesn't >>>> make >>>> the music >>>> straightforwardly playable . >>>> >>>> Are you researching Francesco or looking for pieces >>>> to play? >>>> >>>> The Lute Society (in Britain) have been issuing >>>> Francesco pieces >>>> with their >>>> Lute News. You could join that. >>>> >>>> And there's: >>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/tab-serv/tab-serv.cgi?F_da_Milano >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >
