Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 1998/12
From: "Christina K. Loy" <secondtimearound@-----.net> Subj: Re: [kl] Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet (Was Absolutes) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:18:18 -0500
And, here I thought you were going to fly over to autograph my new copy using
all the money you made off the royalties ;-)
Tony Pay wrote:
> 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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> "...his playing soars so freely, one is aware of witchcraft without
> noticing a single magical gesture."
> (C.D.F.Schubart on the harpsichord playing of C.P.E.Bach)
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