John
You are wrong.
Quanta does not own the copyright to the Jan Jones book and never has. The agreement was that Quanta had permission to print additional copies in return for a royalty based on the number printed and not on the number sold.
Any other form of publication would require a new agreement. It was also stipulated that no correspondence as to the books contents, syntax or understanding was to be considered, neither was the whereabouts or contact details to be divulged to any person who might want to make use of them.
This is the second time in as many weeks that you have guessed incorrectly and then stated it as fact.
I do not wish to discourage the committee from doing a further reprint but as sales would be limited you ought to show a far better understanding of what you are proposing.
If it is of any help, the last reprint Quanta did of the Jan Jones was photo copied and ring bound for less than �7.00, with little or no profit to Quanta as a later committee reduced the selling price.
A far better approach would be for Quanta to reprint copies of Rich Mellors manual which includes far more and is readily available as I believe Rich, or the printer, still has the files.
John Taylor
On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 12:28 PM, john mason wrote:
I notice that "Phoebus Dokos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Friday 17 Dec 2004 20:48:19 -0500, suggested that consideration be given to a further reprint of "QL SuperBASIC" by Jan Jones -
Sounds a good idea in principle, and I am quite willing to cause it to be investigated; but until the likely order of cost can be determined no commitment to do so can be given.
Touching briefly on how it might be reproduced - yes it could be OCR'd etc., but it is likely to be cheaper to photo-scan, and then print it using lithography
However, the copyright of this book rests in QUANTA, who acquired it from Jan Jones for the benefit of Quanta members.
Quanta is regarded by the taxman as a "self trading company", that is to say it trades solely for the benefit of its members, and thus it is not liable for tax on its earnings from sales to them.
The positive answer for those who are not at present QUANTA members is to join QUANTA and pay an annual subscription of �14 which includes a free bi-monthly magazine, and the right to buy goods such as Jan's book. At the same time you are strengthening the only voice that is competent to speak for users as a whole of the QL and its derivatives
May I wish all "ql-users" a Joyful Christmas and a Happy New Year
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