Dear folks, Just some information back. Even at $25 (and less), I sell about 50 to 150 copies of any of my DVDs to the colleges, high schools and public libraries of America. There are very few institutions left who buy indie DVDs and BluRays because they *should* be offering them to their students and public. Book publishers are obviously having the same exact problem. It's left to individuals to support my work.
I can't blame filmmakers or other distributors for charging more. Dennis On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Norman Howden <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard, > > I'll shoot a thought at that invitation. If the independent video authors > and agents could get their works listed with jobbers, particularly Baker & > Taylor, Blackwell, and others that serve higher ed, then they could lower > prices some because they'd have a bigger audience. On the other hand, it > would be difficult to do away with tiered pricing altogether since it is a > common business practice. > > Norm > > > -- > Norman Howden > Assistant Dean, Educational Resources > El Centro College > 214-860-2176 > [email protected] > Please visit our website at: http://www.elcentrocollege.edu/library/ > > "It may plausibly be urged that the shape of a culture - its mores, > evaluations, family organizations, eating habits, living patterns, > pedagogical methods, institutions, forms of government, and so forth - > arise from the economic necessities of its technology." > - Heinlein, 1940 > > > >>> On 9/20/2012 at 10:26 AM, in message > > <ddaa91b1d53bc14dba679e49ea74af11195a4...@by2prd0811mb441.namprd08.prod.outlook. > om>, Richard Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fellow camslib/videolib folks, > > > > A faculty member recently requested we acquire a film titled White > Scripts > > and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books. At the site to > > purchase it, the dreaded tiered pricing plan appears > > (http://newsreel.org/video/WHITE-SCRIPTS-BLACK-SUPERMEN), with public > and school > > libraries allowed to buy it for $25, while colleges have to spend nearly > > $200. They claim if you purchase the home video version, you are not > granted > > rights to show the film in classrooms. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but these > sort > > of statements don't sound right to me. A colleague mentioned that some > > publishers do this because they need funds to cover future productions > and > > it's a way for large institutions to subsidize independent > documentaries, but > > I can't help feel offended that they use these scare tactics and assume > > colleges can easily absorb these large costs. I'm probably late to the > party > > on this topic, but I wonder what your thoughts are. Does anyone try to > work > > with publishers/producers to make these sort of materials more > affordable? > > How do you all handle these sort of acquisition situations? > > > > Cheers from Nebraska, > > > > Richard > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues > > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries > and > > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an > effective > > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > > distributors. > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > -- Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: [email protected] Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com Visit our new websites! www.shirleyclarkefilms.com, www.comebackafrica.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com <http://www.killerofsheep.com/> Support "Milestone Film" on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>! See the website: Association of Moving Image Archivists<http://www.amianet.org/> and like them on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559717> AMIA 2012 Conference, Seattle, WA, December 4-7!<http://www.amiaconference.com/>
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
