Eyes Please: Ebay Listing Help
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rolanniBelow is the draft of the listing we'll be publishing to Ebay. What have we forgotten to say? What other information would you, as a bidder, want? Yes, there will be photos. Taking pictures of piles of paper is hard.
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You are bidding on the contents of two letter-size manilla folders.
Folder Number One includes:
1. The submission manuscript of the novel AGENT OF CHANGE, by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, published by Del Rey Books in 1988. The manuscript is 366 pages, on burst paper out-putted from what appears to be a 9-pin dot matrix printer, and includes a prologue later excised during editing. It bears a 1984 copyright notice.
2. A carbon copy of the original submission letter to Judy-Lynn del Rey, dated December 1, 1985
3. A revision letter from editor Shelly Shapiro at Del Rey, dated November 10, 1986
4. A "welcome" letter from editor Shelly Shapiro, dated February 24, 1987
5. The coffee-stained envelope in which #4 was mailed
6. A letter from Sharon Lee to Shelly Shapiro, dated February 27, 1987
Folder Number Two includes:
1. A cover flat for the Del Rey paperback of Agent of Change
2. A photocopy of the original cover concept drawn by artist Stephen Hickman
3. A letter from Kim Kuhlmann of Del Rey Books, dated 18 September 1987, covering authors' proofs of the manuscript. The corrected pages have been photocopied and reinserted into the set, so that it is intact.
These papers have been kept in a file drawer for 25 years; there is some crumpling of the edges, and minor wrinkling; the carbon paper is especially fragile.
You are bidding for the paper and only for the paper. The copyright to this work remains with the authors. Permission to publish is not granted in this sale.
Edited to add: The winning bidder will be required to sign a letter provided by the authors, indicating their agreement with the terms stated above.
Winning bidder pays postage. The authors will sign the manuscript, if the bidder desires.
* * * *
You are bidding on the contents of two letter-size manilla folders.
Folder Number One includes:
1. The submission manuscript of the novel AGENT OF CHANGE, by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, published by Del Rey Books in 1988. The manuscript is 366 pages, on burst paper out-putted from what appears to be a 9-pin dot matrix printer, and includes a prologue later excised during editing. It bears a 1984 copyright notice.
2. A carbon copy of the original submission letter to Judy-Lynn del Rey, dated December 1, 1985
3. A revision letter from editor Shelly Shapiro at Del Rey, dated November 10, 1986
4. A "welcome" letter from editor Shelly Shapiro, dated February 24, 1987
5. The coffee-stained envelope in which #4 was mailed
6. A letter from Sharon Lee to Shelly Shapiro, dated February 27, 1987
Folder Number Two includes:
1. A cover flat for the Del Rey paperback of Agent of Change
2. A photocopy of the original cover concept drawn by artist Stephen Hickman
3. A letter from Kim Kuhlmann of Del Rey Books, dated 18 September 1987, covering authors' proofs of the manuscript. The corrected pages have been photocopied and reinserted into the set, so that it is intact.
These papers have been kept in a file drawer for 25 years; there is some crumpling of the edges, and minor wrinkling; the carbon paper is especially fragile.
You are bidding for the paper and only for the paper. The copyright to this work remains with the authors. Permission to publish is not granted in this sale.
Edited to add: The winning bidder will be required to sign a letter provided by the authors, indicating their agreement with the terms stated above.
Winning bidder pays postage. The authors will sign the manuscript, if the bidder desires.
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Date: 2009-07-04 10:29 pm (UTC)If that still holds true, and if that will need to be done before you send the manuscript to the winning bidder, then I would suggest that you put that information in the listing as well.
eBay has become...not very seller-oriented lately, and resolutions tend to go in the direction of the buyer, especially in cases where details have been left out of listings.