i don't think lulu (or print-on-demand in general) is about making money - at least, not for the author!! :D but it does mean that people who like to read words on paper have the option to get a print copy (of course they can also print out a pdf ... ).
On 22.02.19 16:49, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > > I'd rather distribute them for free; when I've had things on Lulu, I > never made any money, and this way, the work can move around freely > from that kind of model. > > Thanks!, Alan > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019, Helen Varley Jamieson wrote: > >> >> that is crap that you weren't informed about it, but good that you >> have the >> pdfs. have you thought about putting them onto a print-on-demand site >> like >> Lulu? >> >> On 21.02.19 23:26, Alan Sondheim wrote: >> >> >> Two Free Books by Alan Sondheim, Originally Published by Salt! >> >> http://www.alansondheim.org/Saltfront.jpg >> http://www.alansondheim.org/Saltback.jpg >> >> http://www.alansondheim.org/deeplanguage.pdf >> Deep Language, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2010 >> >> http://www.alansondheim.org/TheWayward.pdf >> The Wayward, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2004 >> >> Both of these books sold poorly and were unceremoniously dropped >> by Salt. I wasn't informed, and had no chance to buy additional >> copies myself - I only found out when I tried to order some a >> year or so ago. I'm also no longer included on the authors list. >> Apparently a very large number of other authors were dropped as >> well. I do believe we should have been informed that this was >> going to happen. In any case, here are two free books for you! >> >> The Wayward is based on MOOs, Talkers, MUDs, and other forms of >> digital texting; there are a number of "playlets" and other >> kinds of dialogs in it. The blurbs are by Maria Damon and >> Stephanie Strickland. (They're not included in the pdf.) >> >> Deep Language is wilder, occupying positions between codework >> and text, classical language, and semiotic splatter. The two >> books resonate with each other. The blurbs are by Maria Damon >> and John Cayley. (Again, they're not included in the pdf.) >> >> The books were beautifully printed; they were just taken down. >> Think of them as orphans, with beautiful deep and wayward >> language, and enjoy. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> -- >> >> helen varley jamieson >> >> [email protected] >> http://www.creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.upstage.org.nz >> >> >> > > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/vy.txt > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- helen varley jamieson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz
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