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.
That's what I figured (the copyright matter) however all this doesn't change the fact that the basis of reprinting on a one-off basis from a on-demand printer is not feasible. What's even better, (and that applies not only to Jan Jones' book but in general) by using such a schem Quanta doesn't:
a. Have to lose any money! b. Have to MAKE any money! (So you keep your not-for-profit status)
Since as revealed Mrs. Jones doesn't want her contacts divulged, Quanta could act as an intermediary. As a matter of fact if Mrs Jones would (under the persuasive efforts (?) of Quanta was to consider a solution like that, she would get directly all royalties for each book sold and at no cost to her (time or money-wise). As I said, I am willing to convert the book to electronic form (without any alterations to the content) and provide it to Quanta which then would intermediate :-)
As I said again, I can see no reason why someone wouldn't want to make money :-)
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.
That's not true, because it would require NO financial COMMITMENT whatsoever from Quanta!
If it is of any help, the last reprint Quanta did of the Jan Jones was photo copied and ring bound for less than Â7.00, with little or no profit to Quanta as a later committee reduced the selling price.
So what's the difference if for the same price you get a bound book at far better quality... and at NO COST?
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.
Rich's book is still being converted (will be done in the next few days) to a far more flexible format than Text87... BTW: Not to speak for Rich, but he could go to an outlet like Cafepress directly and bypass QUANTA altogether. IMHO since Rich Mellor is still actively involved, Quanta shouldn't be involved unless asked by Rich; however it should be involved in making obsolete material available to Qlers instead.
(Just my 2 cents)
Phoebus
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