[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare's Purpose in Your Eyes
- From: "Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:07:09 -0500
Hi Donna,
Yes, I saw your other post where you outlined some of your concerns. I guess my
response was aimed more at the other side of the argument that you had said you
were involved in, and not at your side, or you
personally. I've paid for books from the Baen publishing site; I wish they'd
put more up there. I'd sooner pay a few bucks for a webscription book than take
the several hours to scan and clean the text for myself. I am
sorry that authors aren't getting paid. Then again, they're not getting paid
when I borrow a book from my library, then my next door neighbor does the same,
and the woman down the street and across town etc. I'll bet
if we knew the amount an author actually received for that 25 dollar first
edition hard back book we just bought, we'd be chagrinned in the extreme. Same
goes for performing artists vis-a-vis the big conglomerate
music publishing companies. But that's another topic, not for this list.
Mary
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