Klarinet Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 1998/12

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet (Was Absolutes)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:18:13 -0500

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:09:44 +0000 (GMT), Roger Shilcock said:

> On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> > At 12:37 PM 12/2/98 +1300, Graeme Cox wrote:

> > > Title: *The Cambridge companion to the clarinet / edited by Colin
> > > Lawson. Author: *Lawson, Colin (Colin James) Published:
> > > *Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995. .... ISBN:
> > > *0521470668 : $91.00 *0521476682 (pbk.) : $43.00NZ
> > >
> > CRIPES!!! At these prices, it's no wonder nobody learns to read any
> > more!

> The dollar price I have is $19.95 for the paperback. Is that better??
> I think Graeme must have made an odd typo.

But you never know. I thought all the authors ought to get some sort of
royalty, in case the book was a great success, but CUP refused. I was
finally paid $200 plus one paperback copy, for my contribution. I felt
insulted.

Major shekels to be paid, but not made, with CUP.

Tony
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