In all of our discussions on this subject, I think the use of the
InterLibrary Loan service (may go by another name in some countries) has not
been
given enough attention. This is a service scholars all over the world use
for research all the time. You are lace scholars!
When the Lacema
I am way behind with my emails as I was in Laguna Beach, California on a
business trip this weekend. I was working on my needlelace on the patio
outside
our fancy hotel, when film producer, George Lucas walked by. Unfortunately
just
as he got near me, his attention was drawn, by his companio
A word of caution for those producing and selling their own books. In the
UK, you are classed as self-employed if you do anything to earn money
yourself, even if you already have a job. Under the age of 60 I had to apply
for exemption from self-employed National Insurance contributions, firstly
Hi everyone and Catherine
First off, for Catherine, I do hope you can back up your original
material in a form which you can readily use to republish, 'just in
case.'
The book business interests me. In the craft world, subdivision
knitting, I see digital books for sale alongside print books. I ev
On 9/13/11 1:51 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:
. . . the author could photocopy the book, . . .
Provided, of course, that the publisher has released to him
the copyright on the *typesetting*. Otherwise, one is stuck
with starting with the material sent to the publisher -- if
you kept a copy after the
I have ferreted out OOP books for good prices, just to call the bookseller and
have him search online while I am on the phone with him and see that someone
on Amazon (or similar) is listing his $4 book for $200, and want to switch and
bait, or suddenly he can't find the book.
I have also paid $
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I decided about a decade ago that I would like to own Roberta Morgan's
translation of Mme. Despierres work about Alencon. I had read a library
version, but wanted my own copy. At the time there were no copies available on
Alibris, which is Amazon's second hand branch. I guess I must have
A bit late chiming in but I know a few authors who have used lulu.com as far as
I know their print on demand is possible in colour you submit a PDF and choose
from multiple formats. The return if I remember correctly is quite good too
Of the two people I know who have used it, one who writes hig
Catherine wrote:
"I just posted on arachne this morning 4 copies of my book at what I
consider to be a very reasonable price."
I've just looked to see if any of mine are on ebay. There are 15 in total
across the 3 books, all new, mostly just under the cover price (£7.95), with
a couple about
Jean Nathan wrote:
So too are Amazon and Ebay! Amazon is the asking price and ebay is whatever
someone is prepared to bid for a book and one could pick up a book for a very
low cost - it is an 'auction' site!
These prices on Amazon are absolutely ridiculous prices and more fool anyone
who pay
The asking price and selling price are two totally different things. You can
ask 100 GBP because that's the secondhand price being quoted on sites such
as Amazon, but that doesn't mean you'll sell at that price. What do they
want to do - ask a high price they won't get or sell the book?
I'm cu
Cynce Williams wrote:
Subject: Re: [lace] Books on Demand
I just looked for your book on AllBooks.
Compare textbook prices on new and used college textbooks
http://www.allbookstores.com/
Prices range from $450 to $700 USD.
Cynthia
Hi everyone
I've just checked out AllBoo
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