<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hey Ed (& Antonio),<br><br></div>Well in that case I apologise. Sorry Antonio, I didn't realise you'd already published a book with them (blushing).<br><br></div>My first comment was more from a reading of the original link that Antonio forwarded. And from that, Packt look well suss.<br>
<br></div>There's certainly no shortage of dodgy publishers about (nor record labels for that matter) - guess it depends on the deal you can wangle.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 November 2013 14:00, Ed Kelly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">PS Antonio, nice favicon :)<div>
<div class="h5"><br><div><span></span></div><div> </div><div>Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and Seeper, for iPhone and iPad<br><a href="http://www.ninjajamm.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ninjajamm.com/</a></div>
<div><br><br></div><div>Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!<br><a href="http://sharktracks.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://sharktracks.co.uk/</a> </div><div style="display:block"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On , Ed Kelly <<a href="mailto:morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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Damn - they changed Yahoo mail recently and I can't seem to find it. However, <a href="http://www.hellocatfood.com" target="_blank">www.hellocatfood.com</a> does indeed seem to be genuine, and Antonio does indeed seem to be a performer with multimedia performer using Pure Data.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">This doesn't look like a hack, but "free money" should always be treated with suspicion I'm sure.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Probably the best way forward is for one of us to get in touch with Packt publishing and request clarification.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none">Ed<br clear="none"><div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div> </div><div>Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from
Ninja Tune and Seeper, for iPhone and iPad<br clear="none"><a href="http://www.ninjajamm.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ninjajamm.com/</a></div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div>Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!<br clear="none">
<a href="http://sharktracks.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://sharktracks.co.uk/</a> </div><div><div style="display:block"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On , Ed Kelly <<a href="mailto:morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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Hmm. I couldn't get the post Antonio was referring to in his email. This could be a very sophisticated form of phishing I suppose. Apologies for my naivety!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I have the book "Multimedia Programming in Pure Data" in
front of me, published by Packt, by Brian WC Chung. No mention of Antonio Roberts!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I'll just take a look at the header for the email and get back to you. Let's not take too much time in dealing with this.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none"><div><span>Ed<br clear="none"></span></div><div> </div><div>Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and Seeper, for iPhone and iPad<br clear="none"><a href="http://www.ninjajamm.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ninjajamm.com/</a></div>
<div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div>Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!<br clear="none"><a href="http://sharktracks.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://sharktracks.co.uk/</a> </div>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 13:41, Julian Brooks <<a href="mailto:jbeezez@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbeezez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px">
<div><div><div><div dir="ltr">Is this some kind of so-dry-I-don't-get-it humour 'cos they look well suss<br clear="none"><br clear="none">J<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>On 19 November 2013 13:21, Ed Kelly <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">Wow!<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">Is the Pd foundation up and running? I haven't followed the news (if there is any) regarding this.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Perhaps this is within your scope Hans?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">
Ed<br clear="none"><div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div> </div><div>Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and Seeper, for iPhone and iPad<br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.ninjajamm.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ninjajamm.com/</a></div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div>Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!<br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://sharktracks.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://sharktracks.co.uk/</a> </div>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Monday, 18 November 2013, 19:53, Antonio Roberts <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:antonio@hellocatfood.com" target="_blank">antonio@hellocatfood.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div>A representative of Packt Publishing recently put out a call to<br clear="none">developers of open source software packages that are covered in their<br clear="none">books to get in contact regarding royalties. They claim that they give<br clear="none">
money to the authors _and_ the project that the book is based upon.<br clear="none">Text below:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"I'm sorry that we haven't yet been able to make this clear. I will<br clear="none">
have this looked in to and revised for clarity.<br clear="none">
But, to confirm, authors receive royalties on sales of their books but<br clear="none">we also give a royalty, where the book is based on an Open Source<br clear="none">software or system, to the Project.<br clear="none">
I'm not at liberty to disclose the names of projects that have<br clear="none">
received this
royalty, only that cumulatively we have given out a<br clear="none">large sum of money to them.<br clear="none">Please also treat this as a call out to any Open Source project that<br clear="none">we have published on to get in touch with me should they not be<br clear="none">
receiving their royalties, we can only send them to you if we have<br clear="none">your details :) "<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Full thread here:<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="https://plus.google.com/113862800338869870683/posts/PDVcovR7Sir" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/113862800338869870683/posts/PDVcovR7Sir </a>See<br clear="none">
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