[projectaon] Re: Contact Letter Draft
- From: Jonathan Blake <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:04:47 -0800
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:17:24 +0000, Simon Osborne
<outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Well, I guess I could . . . >_<
Thank you.
> > 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.)
That sounds like a good idea.
> >>GRAHAM ROUND (via Herts Direct website)
> >>ROB ADAMS (via Treeshark website)
> >>http://www.treeshark.com
>
> I take it this is via E-mail, then?
Yes.
> >>RICHARD HOOKS (tentative link about past work)
> >>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=t82WDueAoe&isbn=0721419739&itm=1
> > 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.
It appears that Ladybird can be contacted through the same New York
address as that given by Penguin. However, I think the London address
may be more appropriate since Mr. Hooks is probably still somewhere in
the 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."
I wouldn't contact the persons mentioned there. We really just need
them to forward the message. You may want to email them asking what
their procedure is to forward messages to authors/illustrators.
> >>CYRIL JULIEN (via 2000AD www.2000adonline.com)
> >>http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=info&page=contact
>
> Are you taking care of contacting CJ, Jon?
Yes, I'll take this one.
--
Jon
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