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Antonio Roberts
antonio at hellocatfood.com
Tue Nov 19 16:15:49 CET 2013
> 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'm one of the tech reviewers ;-)
> Well in that case I apologise. Sorry Antonio, I didn't realise you'd
> already published a book with them (blushing).
I didn't publish the book, just did a tech review of it. As I briefly
said in a comment in the G+ thread, it wasn't a bad experience but not
a great one either. I considered it a good way to give back to the
community (yes, I know you have to buy the book) and get my name "out
there", but now that I've done it once I won't be doing it again and
definitely not for them ;-)
(on a separate note I'm also thinking about reviving the Pure Data
Documentation Project)
To me it seems like Packt are a legitimate business but aer telling a
few porkies with regards to royalties
On Tue 19 Nov 2013 14:24:23 GMT, Julian Brooks wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <http://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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <https://plus.google.com/113862800338869870683/posts/PDVcovR7Sir>See
> last comment from Jonathan Titmus
>
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