[projectaon] Re: Contact Letter Draft
- From: Jonathan Blake <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:11:05 -0800
[Regarding the placement of the "If you are not ..." sentence in the
first paragraph, I wanted to get that bit in before someone decided
that they weren't the intended recipient and tossed the letter. I
don't know that I would read past the first couple of paragraphs if I
knew this wasn't for me.]
Dear Mr. [name],
I am writing on behalf of Project Aon, a group of admirers of the
fictional world of Magnamund, including the Magnamund Companion that
you helped illustrate. If you are not the same [name] that illustrated
part of this book, we would still appreciate a reply so that we can
make note of it and refrain from disturbing you again in the future.
You may be aware that the Magnamund Companion has gone out of print,
and that the copyright to the text has reverted to the author, Joe
Dever, and the copyrights for the illustrations have reverted to the
various illustrators involved.
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 related 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 your explicit permission. We are doing our best to
ensure that the Magnamund Companion does not become completely
unavailable and have already published many of the original gamebooks.
We are, therefore, seeking your permission to incorporate your
original illustrations into the Project Aon edition of the Magnamund
Companion which will be distributed free-of-charge to appreciative
fans everywhere.
We offer the promise that Project Aon will never profit financially
from its availability in any way and that your permission to
incorporate the images will be explicitly acknowledged immediately
following the dedication of individual title. Just so you don't feel
like you're the only one, Brian Williams, Gary Chalk and Melvyn Grant
have all given their permission to us to distribute their work.
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.
Please let us know whether or not we have your permission to include
your work in this way. If you have any questions or concerns, please
feel free to contact us. The volunteers of Project Aon can be reached
most simply through our contact web page:
http://www.projectaon.org/contact.htm
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.
[If you have received this message more than once by various means,
please forgive us for being dogged. We just wanted to make sure to get
in touch with you.] We would also be grateful if you could put us in
touch with any of the other artists involved in illustrating The
Magnamund Companion. Thank you in advance.
On behalf of Project Aon, I thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
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