XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: justinthenumbersguy@hatespam.edu   
      
   On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:20:02 -0700, Snit wrote:   
      
   > On 5/14/13 9:48 PM, in article kmv43e$crb$1@dont-email.me, "Justin"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 14 May 2013 20:02:12 -0700, Snit wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 5/14/13 7:54 PM, in article slrnkp5udo.2dh.g.kreme@mgb.local,   
   >>> "Lewis"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In message    
   >>>>   Snit  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 5/14/13 5:15 PM, in article slrnkp5l50.8dr.g.kreme@mbp55.local,   
   >>>>> "Lewis"   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> In message <6mslf8lov53l$.r1sj4coksp1p.dlg@40tude.net>   
   >>>>>>   flatfish+++  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Tue, 14 May 2013 23:24:31 +0000 (UTC), Justin wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Boy, did I have a busy semester!  Once again I helped four   
   >>>>>>>> classes get their  books for free with NON-DRM PDFs.  Each class   
   >>>>>>>> had about 15 students,   
   >>>>>>>> undergrads and graduate.   
   >>>>>>>> Here's a rundown of how much money I saved each class for this   
   >>>>>>>> year:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Typical starry eyed, thieving FOSSie...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What is it with Linux users and FOSSies believing that just   
   >>>>>>> because they can steal something from an "evil" corporation that   
   >>>>>>> makes it alright?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Normally I'd agree with you, but textbook publishers are scum who   
   >>>>>> rape their 'customers' who have no choice in what to buy, and then   
   >>>>>> kickback to the teachers. It is a classic example of collusion.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> A kickback to the teachers?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> How?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I teach at multiple educational institutions and have never been   
   >>>>> offered a kickback. How do I get in on this scam?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Write your own textbook and then negotiate your cut with the   
   >>>> publisher.   
   >>>   
   >>> I make my own materials then sell them direct. Then again, they are   
   >>> not used nationally. But if they were I could see having a publisher   
   >>> get a cut. The the bookstores would. By the time it was all done it   
   >>> would be 4x the cost (just pulling a number out of some orifice   
   >>> there).   
   >>   
   >> You can't.  Unless you are one of the select few publishers, you won't   
   >> make it into that market.  not by a longshot.  This is a similar   
   >> environment to the US automotive industry back in the 40's up until   
   >> early 70's.  Remember Tucker?  Of course you don't.  He made a nice   
   >> safe car at a reasonable price.  Ford, Chrysler, GM (Hudson?) ganged   
   >> up, sued the shit out of him and he was gone.  Then the big 3/4 went   
   >> back to collusion, price fixing and generally making shitty products   
   >> until the oil crisis. Most college bookstores are run by... dun dun   
   >> dun....  publishers!   
   >>   
   > The best I would be able to do, in all likelihood, is have a publisher   
   > buy me out. Not interested. Could also sell direct - which I might...   
   > though then I would not get many sales. And I won't. So be it.   
      
   Are you copyrighting your work?  You're too small to be of any interest,   
   but if somehow you pop up on their radar, they'll either buy you out for a   
   sum of money you can't refuse along with a contract saying you won't make   
   anymore materials for 250 years, or they'll sue you.  They don't have to   
   win a lawsuit, just put you into bankruptcy through legal fees.   
      
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