[projectaon] Contact Letter Draft
- From: Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Project Aon <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:26:45 +0000
Hi
After some extensive searching back to 2001 (!!!) I have found a draft contact
letter Jeff wrote for contacting Gary Chalk.
Perhaps this might fire someone's zeal to contact these artists.
> Dear Mr. [name],
>
> I am writing on behalf of Project Aon, a group of admirers of the Lone
> Wolf books you illustrated ( strike, per previous suggestion: with Joe
> Dever) during the mid-1980's. You may be aware that they have gone out of
> print, and that the text copyright has reverted to the author, and the
> illustration copyright to the various illustrators involved.
> We admire the work on this project sufficiently that we are doing our
> best to ensure that they do not become completely unavailable. In
> December 1999, Mr. Dever contacted some of his long-time fans who
> have maintained web sites devoted to Magnamund, granting them permission
> to make web editions of the first 20 Lone Wolf books available, provided
> it was not done for any form of commercial profit. His grant, however,
> was limited strictly to the text, and does not cover the illustrations
> you drew without the explicit permission of the various artists involved.
> We are, therefore, seeking your permission to incorporate your original
> illustrations into the Project Aon editions of the books for which you
> provided illustrations.
[Could be replaced with "The Magnamund Companion" or "The Skull of Agarash"
where appropriate.]
> We offer the promises that Project Aon will not profit from their
> availability in any way, that your permission to incorporate the images
will > be explicitly acknowledged immediately following the dedication of
> individual title, and that as a voluntary project we do not tolerate
> advertising of any kind on our website.
> It is our hope that this broad availability will serve to make a new
> generation of fans aware of the titles which we have found to be so
> enjoyable.
> If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
> The volunteers of Project Aon can be reached most simply through e-mail
> at projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxx If you would rather, feel free to write me
> back, and I will pass the substance of your remarks on to the remainder
> of the staff.
> On behalf of Project Aon, I thank you for your time.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> <signature and contact information>
[Note: Also include the www.projectaon.org URL in the address.]
--
Simon Osborne
"I punched a bloke in the face once for saying Hawk the Slayer was rubbish."
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