Hi Charles.

02-Aug-03 16:47:04, Charles Angelich wrote to Jasen Betts

 CA> I never said he was lying. I pointed out further along in (I
 CA> think?) the same reply that a publisher isn't going to want to
 CA> write contractual arrangements to publish with individuals.

 CA> It would seem to cost more to have their lawyers draw up the
 CA> contract than the money they would earn from such an agreement and
 CA> add to their list of persons to 'police' for abuses such as
 CA> unauthorized editing etc.

dunno that the lawyers would get much work, ther are companies
thatspecialise in small runs of books (like 1 to 1000 copies)
and I'm shure there are blank contracts out there that could be
prepared quite easilly.

 CA> No, his first comment was they refused to ship to an American
 CA> address. The "sold out" reality came much later (recently) in the
 CA> discussion. I can only base my replies on what Bob tells me and
 CA> Bob changes his 'version' to suit his purposes.

I caught that in his first message...

 JB>> A: the publishes won't sell to us buyers for "Turf" reasons a
 JB>> different publisher has the rights to sell the book in North
 JB>> america. there are no copies of that edition available retail.
 JB>> (see reesponse to point 1)

 CA> Yes, and no one objected to discriminating against Americans did
 CA> they?

Was someone discriminating against Americans?

 JB>> B: Selecting an American author will not necessarily change that,
 JB>> and won't provide the quality needed.

 CA> You don't know that to be a fact, you are assuming facts required
 CA> to support your position that are unproven and unsubstantiated.

True, I'm just going on what Bob posted there.

 JB>> If he can do a better job, faster, and for a lower fee why is
 JB>> that bad?

 CA> Try to remember all this fuss is about how to best help Bob earn a
 CA> living and do a job he is going to be paid for. Is this what the
 CA> echo is for, to help Bob make a buck?

(you avoid the question)

Yes IMO that is what the echo is for.

it's for questions (and announcements) involving C programming
and closely related subjects, I think blatant advertising is frowned upon,

 CA> Seems Bob has used this echo for that purpose before and is back
 CA> again for more.

I have no problem with that, by my reckoning he's given atlease much as
he's got.

 -=> Bye <=-

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