How about we find a nice charity for the riches this book will reep, would that make everybody happy? Probably not. --- Kostas Papakotas <clenchedteethphotography@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > + 1 for Herschel.... > > let the List keep any (if any) proceeds. > > After all we will be able to ang that we lost > millions of dollars when the book becomes a > bestseller galaxy-wide! > > Herschel Mair <herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx> Ýãñáøå: > LET'S NOT START IMPOSING RULES NOW PLEASE!!!! > > The concerns that that Bob raised are lacking in > logic somewhat. > I doubt that there'll be huge sales of the book > and in any case royalties must be split 41 ways. > If there's $1 royalties on each book and we sell > 100 books, that's $2.40 each. > > I suggest that anyone who feels unhappy about the > book being sold and making no royalties etc., should > pull out now so that there's no ugly money wrangling > later. I am quite happy to go with no royalties. > > Let's take 2 models. > > 1. we impose rules about selling the book and > prevent people from selling it to bookshops or > whoever wants to buy it etc., > > 2. We have a "NO RULES" attitude as originally > agreed. > > In model 1 > No significant quantity of books are sold due to > restrictions > > RESULT: a) nobody sees our names or work. b) we > make no money out of it > > In model 2 > there are 2 possible scenarios. > > SCENARIO 1- nobody wants to buy the book so > results are the same as a) and b) above > > SCENARIO 2- The book is "Discovered" and becomes a > bestseller (Yeah RIGHT!) > In which case a) multitudes of people get to see > our names and images and we're famous. b) we still > make no money out of it directly > > It's a win-win situation. Let's not get greedy > here! > Regard the book as a group business card. You > print it so people can see it. The more you get out > there the more successful it is. > > If you can sell a few copies via your local book > shop or via a chain of bookshops. good for you. It's > a possibility that's equally open to all of us. If > you want to profit then you'll have to do some > selling! > > Herschel > > > Herschel Mair > Head of the Department of Photography, > Higher College of Technology > Muscat > Sultanate of Oman > Adobe Certified instructor > > + (986) 99899 673 > > www.herschelmair.com > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for > ridiculously low rates. > > > No matter what, CHEER UP MY FRIENDS! Life is too > precious to jump the other side of the fence... > kostas papakotas / clenched teeth photography > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteetharticles > > --------------------------------- > ×ñçóéìïðïéåßôå Yahoo! > ÂáñåèÞêáôå ôá åíï÷ëçôéêÜ ìçíý ìáôá (spam); Ôï > Yahoo! Mail äéáèÝôåé ôçí êáëýôåñç äõíáôÞ ðñïóôáóßá > êáôÜ ôùí åíï÷ëçôéêþí ìçíõìÜôùí > http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=gr > "The optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it's true" - J Robert Oppenheimer http://www.geocities.com/tr_cunningham __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
