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Re: Mea Culpa (Re: Update: JV Encyclopedia update?)

From: Norm Wolcott <nwolcott2~at~kreative.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:15:06 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

I don't own a copy, it is out of print. I assumed the copyright was held my the Scarecrow Press, as is usual. I think there are only about 10 or so new versions or reprints of non mercier etc since its publication. As many of the trade editions are not catalogued, it is sort of hit or miss.

nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu Friar Wolcott, Gutenberg Abbey, Sherwood Forrest
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: David Merchant
  To: Jules Verne Forum
  Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:39 AM
  Subject: Mea Culpa (Re: Update: JV Encyclopedia update?)


  At 07:13 PM 4/14/2004 -0400, you wrote:

    Considering all rights to the book are owned by the authors, the question
    of when and if there is to be a second edition is not Scarecrow's decision
    to make. In fact the authors plan such a second edition in the future,
    but are presently too involved with other books and projects to permit the
    time such a task would involve.

    It does seem a bit odd that Norm and David did not bother to address their
    question to the author and copyright holders of the JV Ency., who are
    long-time members of the forum.

  I didn't realize that the author was a long-time member (as I'm definitely not a long-time member myself) and I also did not see the author and copyright holders respond to the question -- yes, that might mean the author was on vacation and would not be able to answer for quite some time, but it could also indicate that the author isn't on the list.

  And so I was just trying to be helpful, I have a contact with Scarecrow press so I thought I would ask them, not because it was Scarecrow's decision to make by any means, but because if there was one in the works from the author and copyright holders of the JV Ency, it made sense to me that Scarecrow Press probably would know and might be able to answer in a timely manner.

  Please excuse me for being excited by the possibility of a second edition, being impatient to find the answer to Mr. Wolcott's unanswered question, and for thinking that asking Scarecrow Press couldn't hurt. I did not mean to insult or presume anything untoward.

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  David Merchant

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