Comments on: HOWTO sell your publisher on releasing your work under a Creative Commons license http://boingboing.net/2009/03/30/howto-sell-your-publ.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 22:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2009/03/30/howto-sell-your-publ.html#comment-452459 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-452459 Isn't the first rule of this that one must have enough muscle/reputation in the market place to make demands like this? On a most basic level if you have no muscle/reputation then just start a blog and create a following. Then use that following to assert demands if/when agents come knocking. That's a basic rule that most people just don't get. Isn’t the first rule of this that one must have enough muscle/reputation in the market place to make demands like this?

On a most basic level if you have no muscle/reputation then just start a blog and create a following. Then use that following to assert demands if/when agents come knocking.

That’s a basic rule that most people just don’t get.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2009/03/30/howto-sell-your-publ.html#comment-452224 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-452224 Cory, Thanks for putting this up. I hope that it becomes Boing Boing's most heavily linked post. -- MrJM Cory,

Thanks for putting this up. I hope that it becomes Boing Boing’s most heavily linked post.

– MrJM

]]> By: Ceronomus http://boingboing.net/2009/03/30/howto-sell-your-publ.html#comment-452265 Ceronomus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-452265 You know, it really breaks down to the mind set of making ENOUGH money, versus trying to take all of it. Sure, everyone wants to make huge money with a blockbuster like the Harry Potter books, and certainly you want to cover all the costs for ALL your books for the year, but if you can have a reasonable number, you should be able to take it. Problem is that board members can be ousted by stock-holders if enough of them don't like the idea. It is going to take time to change the collective mindset. It will probably take a decade at the minimum (probably more like 20 years)before Creative Commons has a major effect. You know, it really breaks down to the mind set of making ENOUGH money, versus trying to take all of it. Sure, everyone wants to make huge money with a blockbuster like the Harry Potter books, and certainly you want to cover all the costs for ALL your books for the year, but if you can have a reasonable number, you should be able to take it.

Problem is that board members can be ousted by stock-holders if enough of them don’t like the idea.

It is going to take time to change the collective mindset. It will probably take a decade at the minimum (probably more like 20 years)before Creative Commons has a major effect.

]]> By: Keith http://boingboing.net/2009/03/30/howto-sell-your-publ.html#comment-452299 Keith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-452299 For me it was very easy. Since I'm my own publisher I said, "self, why don't I release my book free online through CC. Why Yes, Self, that sounds like a good idea!" <a href="http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/the-machine-of-the-world/" rel="nofollow">And so I did</a>. For me it was very easy. Since I’m my own publisher I said, “self, why don’t I release my book free online through CC. Why Yes, Self, that sounds like a good idea!”

And so I did.

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