I like the idea that the revenue goes back to the school, after all they're
running this list. If we get a report, maybe an email, we'd be able to
write it off our taxes.
It's really a matter of knowing how successful the book is, to me.
Steve Shapiro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Davidhazy" <andpph@xxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Brief update on book progress
Emily et al,
I was not really worried about recovering 30 dollars. No biggie. At the
beginning I failed to talk about "money". I am perfectly happy to not
assign any royalties. You are correct in assuming I can set the price of
the book at any level beyond the basic printing cost which is about $18 as
I mentioned.
If some kind of royaly would be included, even like 10 cents, Lulu keeps
track of that and sends the "author" a check every so often. If these
would have to be kept track of so as to redistribute to every contributor
that would obviously be too much of a hassle. My school might benefit if
they are directed its way but I think also that the amounts would be very
small and maybe not worth the hassle of the paperwork associated with
depositing a few dollars every 3 months.
So, I am am for no royalties and let the chips fall where they may. This
would ensure that the PDFs of the book are free and that nobody has to
deal with money.
cheerio,
andy
Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
Well, the ISBN # is about 85 cents each, are you figuring on getting that
back from royalties? If you do that the bookkeeping will be simpler for
a while.
Do they let you set the book price? If so, what do you think it will be
to cover the royalties, too.
I think the ISBN number is a good idea. Who knows about the fate of
books. They make it into the most amazing places because someome tripped
over one somewhere.
But I'm not so sure about managing the royalties. What were you thinking
of doing with the royalty money, and will RIT have some interest in it,
us having used their IT services and student gophers for so long.
