Comments on: Lulu Blooker Prize 2007 Shortlist http://www.novelr.com/2007/03/14/lulu-blooker-prize-2007-shortlist Hacking Publishing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/03/14/lulu-blooker-prize-2007-shortlist/comment-page-1#comment-1915 Eli James Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:36:45 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/lulu-blooker-prize-2007#comment-1915 I'd agree and add that very few people take the alternative route: Cory Doctorow, for instance, licensed the online copies of his books under Creative Commons, in order to help spread the word. He fought for it, if I'm not mistaken. <a href="http://www.thefridayproject.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">The Friday Project</a> is another publisher that gives leeway with online publication rights. They're small, and they're based on Internet work, so I suppose this is only to be expected. I’d agree and add that very few people take the alternative route: Cory Doctorow, for instance, licensed the online copies of his books under Creative Commons, in order to help spread the word. He fought for it, if I’m not mistaken.

The Friday Project is another publisher that gives leeway with online publication rights. They’re small, and they’re based on Internet work, so I suppose this is only to be expected.

]]> By: CrazyDreamer http://www.novelr.com/2007/03/14/lulu-blooker-prize-2007-shortlist/comment-page-1#comment-1910 CrazyDreamer Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:18:41 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/lulu-blooker-prize-2007#comment-1910 As I understand it, the content/copyright issue is simply due to the standard publishing contract resulting in the publisher getting the online publication rights from the author as well as the print publication rights. This is coming up more and more in digital humanities projects, where there are major publishers involved, which may lead to changes in this situation. As I understand it, the content/copyright issue is simply due to the standard publishing contract resulting in the publisher getting the online publication rights from the author as well as the print publication rights. This is coming up more and more in digital humanities projects, where there are major publishers involved, which may lead to changes in this situation.

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