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Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available [message #60049 is a reply to message #60048]

Fri, 25 April 2008 07:35

Conor
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Registered: February 2007

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On Apr 25, 10:13 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Odd that we were talking about stealing books yesterday.
>
> This morning I learned that a French bookseller has
> purchased a single copy of my PDF book and is selling it
> on their web site (for about three times my price).
>
> I am afraid I have had to discontinue selling the PDF
> version of the book until I figure out what to do about
> this. Selling an electronic copy of the book was an
> experiment that involved a great deal of financial
> exposure on my part. I was worried something like this
> might happen. (Although, frankly, I didn't expect it
> from a bookseller. Blame it on naivety, I guess.)
>
> Stealing people's intellectual property turns out to
> have bad karma for everyone.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

It's always one bad apple that ruins the bunch :( Perhaps the reason
why he was selling it for three times your price is because he planned
to give you the full price of the book for each sale he made! Has he
sent you any royalties yet? (lol, yeah right!)

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		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: David Fanning on Fri, 25 April 2008 12:32
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: R.G. Stockwell on Fri, 25 April 2008 11:43
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Jean H. on Fri, 25 April 2008 10:14
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Ryan. on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:47
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: David Fanning on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:41
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:40
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Conor on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:35

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