I agree with Karl's point. However understand that any
revenues,
for the publisher, directly attributable to your work in an
electronic form will be so minimal that they would probably
opt
to drop/not include your work in whatever electronic package
they
are putting together. See Tassini effect. Your decision is
probably best based on the prospective advantages of having
the
work disseminated more widely, and enhancing future
publishing
activity.
Dick Gottlieb
Grey House Publishing
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Bridges" <Karl.Bridges uvm.edu>
To: <liblicense-llists.yale.edu>; <"James J.
O'Donnell"lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: university press rights assignment
> It's nice that they ask, but I can't see that you're
obligated to
> go along. You might note that there is no suggestion
of any
> additional fees or royalties. Before you agree to this
let me
> ask you -- would you have written the book originally
for free?
>
> Bottom line, the publisher signed a contract with you
and that
> existing contract is binding. It's unfortunate, for
them, that
> they didn't anticipate electronic publishing, but
that's hardly
> your problem. Professional writers get paid. End of
story.
>
> Karl Bridges
> University of Vermont
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