John Mason wrote:
I notice that "Phoebus Dokos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Friday 17 Dec 2004 20:48:19 -0500,Do you have any idea on what the likely minimum print run might be? I think it was thought that a new run of keyboard membranes might be too expensive and demand not there but from what I know it happened and they sold. Obviously, if you had to doa minimum run of 1000 it might not be viable, but a smaller run at slightly higher cost might be viable.
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 toAh, now that is good news. So if someone was perverse enough to scan it, could it be made generally available, or does the Quanta rights restrict it to members only (leaving aside the sales issue for a moment)?
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 theAre Quanta actually allowed to sell to non-members in that case? Assuming sales to non-members are allowed, tax would presumably have to be paid. And you'd have to keep records.
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
Not to mention software library, helpline, workshops...
It might be easy to take the odd pot shot at Quanta, but without Quanta there'd almost certainly be less to the QL than there is now.
Will have to look it up to be sure, but I thought technically that membership to Quanta was by subscription to its newsletter, so in that sense (splitting hairs I suppose and certainly NOT having a go at you, John) technically the newsletter isn't free, although of course there's so many potential benefits to Quanta membership that it's really neither here nor there.
Finally, apologies if the layour of this email is all over the place, Lookout Excess has had a brainstorm and it looks very messy as I type this because the cursor and what gets typed seem out of sync. :-(
-- Dilwyn Jones
May I wish all "ql-users" a Joyful Christmas and a Happy New Year
John Mason
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