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03-17-2016, 10:14 PM | #46 |
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I was not aware before that authors' estates could dictate which publishing format was used (mass market paperback, trade paperback, gilt-edged leather-bound, etc.). Is this unusual?
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03-17-2016, 10:16 PM | #47 |
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It all depends on the contract....
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03-17-2016, 10:25 PM | #48 |
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In this case the contract was specifically for only a mass market edition and they've declined to renew the contract AFAIK. The trade paperback and hard cover are published by a completely different publisher.
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03-18-2016, 05:45 AM | #49 |
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Ah, so this could be a complete non-story and they may just be looking for a new MMPB publisher.
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But, more likely, they've drunk the big publisher's Kool-Aid and think that they'll make more money by raising the prices. After all, the government (where most schools are) has plenty of money, and TKAM has been in the curriculum for decades. What the heirs have ignored is that the schools will make a decision based on the reality that they don't have a lot of money, and will choose a different book to use. The heirs will also discover that when a new physical book gets too pricey, the used versions start selling like hotcakes, and there are lot of used copies of TKAM out there. |
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03-18-2016, 08:07 PM | #51 |
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03-18-2016, 08:43 PM | #52 |
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There are so many things we don't know with the will being sealed. Maybe it was Lee herself that made that request and the family wanted the will sealed so she doesn't come off as a bod guy. We'll never know.
I do know that my first thoughts were that whoever made that decision wanted a cash grab. Why else put the kibosh on the cheapest version of the book? I don't think it's a quality control issue. But, we'll never know. *shrugs* |
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We have no way of know the state of the Lee estate or why they want/need more money. |
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I can see a life-saving drug being an exception. I can't see if for a book anyone can get in the library. As for school districts being a reasonable object of charity, some are, and some aren't. Keeping down the price for everyone who buys the book, to help a few who are genuinely needy, would be quite an inefficient form of charity. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 03-18-2016 at 10:23 PM. |
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I get your point, but offering a MMPB is hardly charity.
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If the price goes up very high the school districts will pick somebody else's book. As well they should. |
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The assumption here is they can afford to wait for mass market pennies to trickle in. That those pennies are enough to cover their waiting bills. That assumption might not be correct. Try this scenario: Lee has been sick for years. Before that, her sister was sick for years. Then she died. Imagine big medical expenses. Add a variety of taxes. Declining non-mass market sales. Imminent bankruptcy forstalled by releasing WATCHMAN. Then Lee dies. Funeral expenses. More taxes due. WATCHMAN sales drying up. We simply don't know the state of her finances. She would hardly be the first big name author/celebrity/whatever of some bygone era to die in poverty or close to it. Fame does not always equal revenues. |
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03-19-2016, 12:31 PM | #58 |
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Why does it need to be so complicated? The contract ran out, they decided not to renew it; maybe they're looking for better terms. Some of the posts here are making it sound like there's all this Machiavellian maneuvering that will cause a seismic shift in the entire educational system of the United States.
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This isn't like Rowling or King refusing to allow ebook editions: in both those cases explanations were offered. Here no official reasoning has been floated so the knees are just jerking as they usually do... |
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