Question

[rolanni]

Several folks have offered to scan the papers we're looking to get rid of, and several others have pointed me at scanners. All of this concern and good advice is appreciated, but. . .

I don't understand why I would want to be scanning the papers.

Obviously, I'm missing something.

Somebody point out the elephant, please?

Thanks.

Comments

[drammar.livejournal.com]

Probably because those copies have your original notes, scribbles and such on them.

Any chance those might be valuable tools in the creation of subsequent books?

Or maybe just from the standpoint of nostalgia?

Or even potentially to address and legal issues related to copyright that may come down the road. (Although I'd hate to think that any of your fans would engage in less than ethical behavior toward your stuff.)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Any chance those might be valuable tools in the creation of subsequent books?

When we wrote Carpe Diem, we had actually written half-to-three-quarters of an Entirely Other Book. I had, when I saw how. . .many iterations of Carpe we have, a flicker of hope that the other story had survived. And that, I would have kept, because it wasn't a bad story (in memory, at least), it was just the wrong story.

The only thing I find, though, are a few scribbled notes -- names, geographical points -- not enough to recontruct the story-that-was from.

Or even potentially to address and legal issues related to copyright that may come down the road. (Although I'd hate to think that any of your fans would engage in less than ethical behavior toward your stuff.)

We can't guarantee of course, that a fan will be the winning bidder. And that is the purpose of the paper that we'll ask people to sign, in which they acknowledge that the authors still hold the copyright and that no rights of publication are transmitted with the paper. Just the paper, only the paper, and the words thereon.

[drammar.livejournal.com]

We can't guarantee of course, that a fan will be the winning bidder. And that is the purpose of the paper that we'll ask people to sign, in which they acknowledge that the authors still hold the copyright and that no rights of publication are transmitted with the paper. Just the paper, only the paper, and the words thereon.

this is the part that concerns me. I'd hate to see someone take your ideas -- especially from the lesser known (unseen?) Candlelight and do something that in large part is based on your work, and you not be able to prove that it was yours because you no longer have anything in your possession. The paper the auction winner signs will need to be as ironclad as you can make it and very detailed.

And I may be more cynical than you are.