[sdiy] Marketplace Question

[ColinMuirDorward]

Not to combative, but I think Mr. Hutchins has already left a legacy that
will continue for generations to come!

On Wed, Nov 4, 2020, 7:45 PM BrightBoy, <jdec at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Everyone has a price.
>
> What would it take to buy the whole operation and Bernie relinquishes the
> burden around his neck for good?
>
> I fear he will probably die without leaving a legacy behind that will
> continue for generations to come.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David G Dixon
> Sent: Nov 4, 2020 7:41 PM
> To: "'Bernard Arthur Hutchins, Jr'" , synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Marketplace Question
>
> At the risk of some serious opprobrium, I'm just going to go ahead
> and address the 800-pound gorilla in the room:
>
> If no one has ever made any money from Electronotes, and (evidently) no
> one ever will, and the owner is unwilling to sell fresh copies, then why is
> it all protected and kept secret like the script of next year's blockbuster
> movie?   Why not just put it all in the public domain and allow (or,
> indeed, encourage) anyone with a copy to scan it to PDF and put it all on
> the damned internet already?
>
> Bernie doesn't want to part with it, but he doesn't want to sell it, but
> he doesn't want to give it away, and he certainly doesn't want anyone who
> hasn't paid for it to ever see it.  He might as well just throw it all on a
> bonfire and be done with it.  I know that I, for one, am pretty tired of
> hearing about what an enormous burden it all is.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] *On Behalf Of *Bernard
> Arthur Hutchins, Jr
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 04, 2020 2:56 PM
> *To:* synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> *Subject:* [sdiy] Marketplace Question
>
> [*CAUTION:* Non-UBC Email]
>
> *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: *
>
> >
>
> >* READ - then comment -PLEASE.  Reading comprehension PLEASE.  *
>
> >
>
> >* 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).  *
>
> *Bernie’s comments in{ } *
>
> 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.
>
> ---
>
> 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?}*
>
> ---
>
> 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!}*.
>
> ---
>
> And one more...
>
> What if there was a publishing company that specialized in upscale books
> on electronic music?
>
>   -- Don
>
> --
>
> Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
>
> http://www.till.com
>
> *{THANKS DON – Bernie} *
>
>
>
>
>
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