On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Rob Hudson wrote:
> This is where I get a little confused over concepts. Let's say you
> wrote a book with diagrams for 50 models, and retained the ownership
> of the designs. Could you then sell the diagrams for the 50 models to
> someone outside of the collection
Hello Robert,
Let me begin by thanking you for your elaborate answer. Your points are
all valid, though I don't share them all.
Am 13.11.2013 16:14, schrieb Robert J. Lang:
> [...]
> I think the issue of how much work the publisher did is somewhat
> beside the point. The real issue here is that
"Let's not be naive in the first place and think that someone who obtain a
bootlegged copy really intends to pay the author or anybody for that matter!"
It happens, maybe not all the time, but aside from someone growing a conscience
or coming to understand things, I can see a few cases where som
> Let's pretend someone got a hold of a bootlegged, unlicensed ebook of one
> of your books (or diagram collections). Assuming the item is available for
> sale (but maybe not in this format), would it be acceptable to pay the
> author directly for the copy, if that venue of communication were avail
Robert Lang writes:
"I'd say that if you as author made an agreement with your publisher that
you would sell your book and divvy the funds in the ways spelled out in
your contract, and then you went and sold it some other way, that's not
very ethical. YEMV."
This is where I get a little confused o
Thus spake "Tavin" on 11/13/13 12:20 AM:
>We usually don't know how much money a publisher actually makes from a
>book release.
>Maybe they hired people to review the text and do the layout. maybe they
>paid the author a bunch of money upfront so he/she can afford to write
>the book. maybe they d
Am 13.11.2013 01:36, schrieb Rob Hudson:
> [...]
>
> For example - let's say Joe gets a hold of a PDF of Gjerde's book, and
> decides to do the right thing. He can either (1) purchase the book through
> an official market or venue, or (2) send Gjerde a payment directly for the
> full amount.
>
> [.
Authors/Creators:
Let's pretend someone got a hold of a bootlegged, unlicensed ebook of one
of your books (or diagram collections). Assuming the item is available for
sale (but maybe not in this format), would it be acceptable to pay the
author directly for the copy, if that venue of communication
