tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post1868730888685089512..comments2024-01-27T16:58:23.292-08:00Comments on Daniel Keys Moran: Email from Joseph Aldred --Daniel Keys Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-22362208209495423762007-06-21T13:03:00.000-07:002007-06-21T13:03:00.000-07:00I think I might have to do that to one of my copie...I think I might have to do that to one of my copies of TLR. Just for safe keeping.josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128891354031712739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-33288777335425553512007-06-09T10:58:00.000-07:002007-06-09T10:58:00.000-07:00Sean,Yeah, I've heard OK synthesizer readings -- t...Sean,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I've heard OK synthesizer readings -- they're much better than they used to be, anyway. I'll fire one up and feed it a story and see what it sounds like. I'm skeptical -- OK for things other than fiction, is my guess.<BR/><BR/>jtheyman,<BR/><BR/>Immortal corporations with most of the rights of people were always an interesting idea. Corporations are going to do what's best for the corporation -- expecting moral conduct from them is missing the point quite thoroughly. (Which is where libertarians and I part ways -- business and morality are not related. The idea that if you let businesses do whatever they want, the "market" will somehow magically fix their excesses, is so palpably untrue that it makes me cautious about the parts of libertarian theory that I do like.)<BR/><BR/>Is this good for authors? I can't begin to see how. I wouldn't sign such a contract and I'm quite sure that S&S's A-list authors, aren't.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what "Perfect Thief" is going for on Amazon, but I do know Ronald Bass should get that book republished, even if only as an e-book. I had two copies of that book -- I tore one of them up (the one Bass himself didn't give me) and scanned it. It hurt to do that, but now I have a copy on my PDA, and if for some reason those books were ever lost or damaged, I'd still have a copy to read.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-40413324191501923992007-06-09T09:05:00.000-07:002007-06-09T09:05:00.000-07:00Mr. Moran:You wrote, "I'm past having my ego invol...Mr. Moran:<BR/><BR/>You wrote, "I'm past having my ego involved with seeing my name on a book, but I would like to see my stories published again."<BR/><BR/>At what price?<BR/><BR/>I was wondering if you had seen this anywhere: "Authors Guild Angry Over Changes to Simon and Schuster's Author Contracts" <BR/>May 18, 2007 By Kimberly Maul<BR/><BR/>The location of this article is: http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/publisher/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003587524<BR/><BR/>(My apologies for being unable to make this look pretty as a link.)<BR/><BR/>On the one hand, I've heard one author, Esther Friesner, tell a group of fans to NEVER give away all of your rights in a contract. At the time, I think she was referring to movie options and such but the "reprint or revert" right seems to be an important one ... speaking as someone who, perhaps, some day, might write a book worth publishing. (I keep writing ... hope is not lost ... yet.)<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, as a reader, the idea of being able to find a copy of an old book at a reasonable price is attractive as well. (Do you know what copies of "The Perfect Thief" are going for on eBay and Amazon?)<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested in your opinion. Do you think this is good for readers? For authors? Or do you have another take on this?<BR/><BR/>~ JTHeymanJTHeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355899980536947894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-32254849280172890062007-06-08T10:50:00.000-07:002007-06-08T10:50:00.000-07:00Someone -- I forget whom, but it may have been Wil...Someone -- I forget whom, but it may have been Wil Shetterly -- made "audiobooks" using a speech synthesizer.<BR/><BR/>They weren't great, but they were mostly usable.<BR/><BR/>(On the other hand, I've heard such good things about James Marsters' readings of Butcher's Dresden books that I keep considering getting one, even though I've read all the print versions.)Sean Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04453182401970523831noreply@blogger.com