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Ed Kelly
morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Nov 19 16:40:35 CET 2013
Oh Man!
Really sorry for my laziness. I just opened it and saw your name!!¬!
Listen, we're really grateful for your support. There aren't enough books about Pure Data programming out there, and I'm sure my students will find this really helpful.
Once again, I think the person you need to talk to is Hans Cristoph-Steiner, but I am sure he'll read this thread.
Nice to meet you Antonio, even if it was slightly cack-handed from my end ;-)
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, 15:15, Antonio Roberts <antonio at hellocatfood.com> wrote:
>> 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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>> antonio at hellocatfood.com
>> <mailto:antonio at hellocatfood.com>
>> http://www.hellocatfood.com
>> <http://www.hellocatfood.com/>
>> ============================
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