[projectaon] Re: Contact Letter Draft
- From: Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:17:24 +0000
Jonathan Blake wrote:
> Simon, now that we have a draft letter, would you be able to be the
> point man to contact these illustrators? You're in the UK and better
> able to send snail mail and make phone calls if necessary. Let me
> know. Sorry to put you on the spot.
Argh! ._.
Well, I guess I could . . . >_<
>>PETE LYON (contact details via www.petelyon.co.uk)
>
> We also have an email address for Peter Lyon, so make sure to email him.
So E-mail him the same information as the contact letter? Should I add to the
E-mail that a contact letter will be sent, and that detals were found via his
website? (People who invest money in an online presence are likely to be
impressed that it's working, and maybe more receptive.)
>>GRAHAM ROUND (via Herts Direct website)
>>ROB ADAMS (via Treeshark website)
>>http://www.treeshark.com
I take it this is via E-mail, then?
>>RICHARD HOOKS (tentative link about past work)
>>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=t82WDueAoe&isbn=0721419739&itm=1
>>(We could try approaching Penguin with a covering letter to pass the message
>>on to Mr Hooks?)
>
>
> http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/html/aboutus/contactus.html#AUTHORS
>
> We need the imprint name for the book. I can send the mail since I'm in the
> US.
I have no idea! In the UK, it's published by Ladybird Books, a subsidiary
imprint of Penguin; but that doesn't help determine just *which* imprint the
US edition appeared in.
www.ladybird.co.uk
I found the following on their website: "Requests to republish any of the
Content and to use quotations or extracts from any book published by us should
be addressed to: ladybird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or to the Marketing Director or the
Online Manager of Ladybird Books Limited, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL."
>>CYRIL JULIEN (via 2000AD www.2000adonline.com)
>>http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=info&page=contact
Are you taking care of contacting CJ, Jon?
>>To be utterly honest, Jane Laycock's contribution to TMC is so small
>
> If her contribution is truly insignificant, then a better course of
> action would be to create a replacement or simply omit her material.
> Our best defense against possible legal entanglements is immaculate
> adherence to copyright law.
Difficult to replace, I would think. Her work appears on pp 4-5 of TMC.
> In doing some extra checking, the last book that I can find
> illustrated by her was in 1990.
Her work seems to be for Random House (i.e. Hutchinsons, Red Fox, et al). Do
you play on sending a covering note to them?
Want me to contact Paul Bonner as well, while I'm compiling the letter(s)?
I've already adapted the text accordingly.
What I have so far is here www.projectaon.org/~simon/PACL.pdf
(I've deliberately removed my own address because I'm paranoid!)
--
Simon Osborne
"I punched a bloke in the face once for saying Hawk the Slayer was rubbish."
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