> Chris' suggestion of future readers punting up cash is one I have > thought about as a possibility before. Could it work?
Absolutely. It's a model not used very much nowadays, but it used to be a fairly popular way of publishing a book that would benefit the community as a whole. For instance, I have a translation of the Domesday book for Lancashire and Cheshire published in 1860. It's got the original Latin on the verso and the translation with modern place names on the recto. But the only way it could be published was by public subscription. People in the communties would stump up some cash for what was a great public work. The town hall in my hometown of Stroud was also built with public subscription, and it's called the Sub Rooms because of it. I suspect books, especially technical books, are a lot like computer games. They take a load of time, resorces, and money, yet few developers ever see any royalties by the time profits are skimmed off by everyone between the player and the developer. So I'm fairly confident any author(s) will see no significant profit in an OSG book, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be written. I for one would be happy to lend my proofreading skills to the cause. John Donovan Sony Computer Entertainment Europe http://www.scee.com ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked for all known viruses. ********************************************************************** Sony Computer Entertainment Europe _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users http://www.openscenegraph.org/
