[PD-ot] Packt Publishing royalties

[Julian Brooks]

Hey Ed (& Antonio),

Well in that case I apologise.  Sorry Antonio, I didn't realise you'd
already published a book with them (blushing).

My first comment was more from a reading of the original link that Antonio
forwarded.  And from that, Packt look well suss.

There's certainly no shortage of dodgy publishers about (nor record labels
for that matter) - guess it depends on the deal you can wangle.


On 19 November 2013 14:00, Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> PS Antonio, nice favicon :)
>
>
> Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and
> Seeper, for iPhone and iPad
> http://www.ninjajamm.com/
>
>
> Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!
> http://sharktracks.co.uk/
>
>
>   On , Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Damn - they changed Yahoo mail recently and I can't seem to find it.
> However, www.hellocatfood.com does indeed seem to be genuine, and Antonio
> does indeed seem to be a performer with multimedia performer using Pure
> Data.
>
> This doesn't look like a hack, but "free money" should always be treated
> with suspicion I'm sure.
>
> Probably the best way forward is for one of us to get in touch with Packt
> publishing and request clarification.
>
> Cheers,
> Ed
>
>
> Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and
> Seeper, for iPhone and iPad
> http://www.ninjajamm.com/
>
>
> Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!
> http://sharktracks.co.uk/
>
>
>   On , Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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!
>
> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> Ed
>
> Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and
> Seeper, for iPhone and iPad
> http://www.ninjajamm.com/
>
>
> Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!
> http://sharktracks.co.uk/
>
>
>   On Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 13:41, Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Is this some kind of so-dry-I-don't-get-it humour 'cos they look well suss
>
> J
>
>
> On 19 November 2013 13:21, Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Wow!
>
> Is the Pd foundation up and running? I haven't followed the news (if there
> is any) regarding this.
>
> Perhaps this is within your scope Hans?
>
> Ed
>
>
> Ninja Jamm - a revolutionary new music remix app from Ninja Tune and
> Seeper, for iPhone and iPad
> http://www.ninjajamm.com/
>
>
> Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics!
> http://sharktracks.co.uk/
>
>
>   On Monday, 18 November 2013, 19:53, Antonio Roberts <
> antonio at hellocatfood.com> wrote:
>
> A representative of Packt Publishing recently put out a call to
> developers of open source software packages that are covered in their
> books to get in contact regarding royalties. They claim that they give
> money to the authors _and_ the project that the book is based upon.
> Text below:
>
> "I'm sorry that we haven't yet been able to make this clear. I will
> have this looked in to and revised for clarity.
> But, to confirm, authors receive royalties on sales of their books but
> we also give a royalty, where the book is based on an Open Source
> software or system, to the Project.
> I'm not at liberty to disclose the names of projects that have
> received this royalty, only that cumulatively we have given out a
> large sum of money to them.
> Please also treat this as a call out to any Open Source project that
> we have published on to get in touch with me should they not be
> receiving their royalties, we can only send them to you if we have
> your details :) "
>
> Full thread here:
> https://plus.google.com/113862800338869870683/posts/PDVcovR7Sir See
> last comment from Jonathan Titmus
>
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> http://www.hellocatfood.com
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