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[pct-l] 2005 revision of "Yogi's PCT Handbook"
Well said yogi!! here here!!! \
See my other comment yogi...I am glad you will not give in!! I bought the
new (and my second)
copy of the Divinci Code! (the one with all the new pics in it) and I will
carry with me
on my next trip to Europe...
Some things should never deliberatley go on the web..yours is one of them!
Richard
.At 08:30 PM 2/17/2005, yogi wrote:
>My book is registered with the US Copyright office. As recommended by
>that office, I have written permission (from every contributor to the
>book) to use everyone's comments. There are different ways to register
>the copyright -- either as a collection of other's work or as your own
>work. Mine is a combination, and IS registered. I am the author. My
>function is not simply a collector of other's opinions. As a guess, I
>would say that about 80% of the book is my own words. The rest is a
>collection of other hiker opinions.
>
>I realize that by writing my book I have opened myself up to criticizm. I
>usually let it slide, but not this time. I worked hard to write my
>book. It took a lot of time. In order to write the book and distribute
>it, I had to quit one job. The income I receive from the book is much
>less than I earned at my second job. Sure, I get more pleasure from
>operating the book business, but not more money. And every week I get
>emails from people who want me to make the book available for free as an
>Adobe file. That's simply not going to happen. If you want the book,
>you'll have to buy it. It's good information. I'm proud of it. But it's
>not free. Do you think if you wrote to the author of "The DaVinci Code"
>and asked for his book as a free Adobe file he would send it to you? Or a
>free electronic version of "A Walk In The Woods"? I doubt it.
>
>Yep, I'm pretty defensive. That's because the book is my passion. It's
>human nature to defend what you're passionate about. When people critize
>me, I get riled up. A lot of thought, care, time, mental and physical
>work has gone into each book. I go to the PO every day to make sure that
>people get their books in a timely manner. When the 2005 Data Book showed
>different mileage, I put together a mileage revision and made it availabe
>at my cost to people who had recently bought the book.
>
>I hope my book is helpful for those planning a PCT hike. I hope the "Part
>2" pages are helpful while hiking. I think the book works well, but it's
>not free.
>
>yogi
>www.pcthandbook.com
>
>
>
>Ilja Friedel <pctl@ilja.ws> wrote:
>Hi Scott,
>
> > Authors usually don't operate like you're suggesting. Anything placed
> on the
> > web becomes public domain, and despite copyright laws this material will
> > inevitably be copied and distributed, altered and edited, perhaps even
> > re-tooled for illegal profit
>
>For this reason there is the option to register a copyright. This can be
>done for 30 bucks or so: http://www.copyright.gov/register/
>(If an author does not register he still keeps the copyright but has a
>much harder time profing damages in court.)
>
>Not having ordered Yogi's book (yet) I find her work very usefull. Being
>able to sell the book might not be as financially rewarding for her as a
>daily job (I know what scientific authors get), but I'm sure emotionally
>there is a big component of pride and accomplishment. But it is my
>impression that Yogi's function is often not quite of an author (creating
>new material), but more of an editor (collecting and citing many different
>opinions.) I don't know how this would affect a copyright registration.
>(I'm sure it can be done, just look at newspapers.)
>
>
>Ilja.
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