[sdiy] Marketplace Question

[Bernard Arthur Hutchins, Jr]

Don wrote: On Nov 3, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Bernard Arthur Hutchins, Jr <bah13 at cornell.edu<http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy>> wrote:
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> READ - then comment -PLEASE.  Reading comprehension PLEASE.
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> I was ONLY interested to see if the Marketplace allowed people whom I might (as a courtesy) direct there to connect a willing buyer to a set of USED Electronotes (Ben says OK), not to reopen an uninformed, assuming, impractical, largely debunked discussion of how to supposedy provide new copies etc. ( I regret not letting the sleeping dog alone. )  No suggestions please, unless you have ACTUALLY READ ALL the links and understood them (and, I suppose – have money to invest).

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Bernie,

I *have* read and understood all that.  And I agree that republishing 6500 pages of complex technical material is a gargantuan task that nobody in their right mind would want to attempt.

But that's not what I suggested.

Again... I am proposing to recruit an editorial team (from here or Muff Wiggler) and publish a regular-sized book of selected Electronotes articles on a particular topic,{Who (specifically)recruits the team? Who pays them?  Volunters! (Don’t be silly.) Who pays the printer?} do it up nice, and see how the book does in the market.  If successful, turn another topic into the next book.

The important part is that you, Bernie, would not be doing the work, other than advise and approval.  {Sorry – not available.}

I know *exactly* how to do publication-quality plots and schematics.  It's not difficult.  And we could put together a set of tools to assist in much of the work.

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Second proposal:

Would you, Bernie, consider allowing others to republish Electronotes material on their own {the offer has been out for 20 years}, in the form described above, with a percentage of the revenue going to you? {Upfront?}

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My overall point is that this stuff is culturally, technically, and historically important, the modular synthesizer renaissance has created a demand, there are very few books out on this topic, the current state of EN distribution is mostly inaccessible {Not true IF people look for USED copies -  try this first}, and there's money to be made {NOT in 40 years so far!}.

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And one more...

What if there was a publishing company that specialized in upscale books on electronic music?

  -- Don
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Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
http://www.till.com<http://www.till.com/>

{THANKS DON – Bernie}


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