On 03/04/2012 06:48, Geoff Wicks wrote:
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From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:34 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Jan Jones
If an approach were to be made to Jan Jones it probably would best
come from Quanta as an "official" body. However I cannot stress
enough that there is all the difference in the world between a
limited reprint with paid royalties and complete publication on the
internet.
Absolutely. Which is why I am trying to find out the history of all
this so that we don't get off on the wrong foot with any attempts to
reprint or eBook or whatever.
It was NEVER my intention to publish it without agreement of the
author. I hope that is clear, at least. The only reason I asked Tim
for his doc files was to make sure that IF Quanta seeks to make the
book available in any form subject to agreement, that we at least
have the text of the book to enable us to reprint or e-publish or
whatever else the author consents to.
I have found a copy of the email where Javier Guerra told me he had
permission to put the public PDF on his website, but there is no
message from the author in that email, just Javier's assurance that
the permission had been obtained. Perhaps if Javier is still on this
list he can clarify.
In any event, I am perfectly happy to put a proposal to Quanta
committee to seek to make the book available in some form if
agreement can be reached, or should we find documents (such as those
which John Taylor referred to) that prove the original agreement is
still valid. If the original agreement is found to be valid, we would
then need to enter into discussions regarding the royalties. It would
quite likely be too expensive to do a full reprint with the amount of
sales we may be able to achieve, so realistically a deal of some form
regarding royalties on an eBook such as a Kindle download may be the
only option.
I'm just as prepared to make sure we have an electronic version ready
which could form the basis for a legal reprint or e-publication.
Perhaps Malcolm Lear could let us know how far he got with his
efforts to make an electronic version (for the same reason).
I have no criticism of the way you are handling the problem and I know
you respect copyright. I think we are now getting onto a more
businesslike approach to the problem.
As far as the technical side is concerned the problem with a pdf file
is that we will need it to be searchable and include the
illustrations. Perhaps the people who did the QL Today pdf archive
could help.
The best solution would probably be an e-book. I would certainly be
prepared to pay a tenner for that, so that if it oils the works, we
can offer Jan Jones royalties.
I think its is relevant to mention that we cannot expect a quick
Quanta decision as two of the officers are currently out of the UK for
an extended period,
Best Wishes,
Geoff
It is probably
If SBASIC gets somehow on to the Raspberrypi, then demand for the manual
could be great. A neighbour has told me that there are electronic
printing houses where one supplies the file and they print say 100
copies quite reasonably. Families use it to produce a ancestor book for
the family.
Bryan H
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