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jdmkleini have decided i'm not going to tell P anything anymore. She can't be excited about anything. i went to the Ministry of Information today to talk with someone about intellectual copyright. As we were talking, and with the help of one of the women, i got the brilliant idea to try to get the teachers some money for the work they are doing. I'm going to check with J about publishers and make an appointment with one or two to see about getting our work published and getting money for it.
i had decided i wasn't going to tell anyone anything about it until i'd spoken to a publishing house, but P called and i couldn't resist. Next time dummy, resist. She wasn't all excited about it. She admitted she was playing the Devil's Advocate, and i guess that's ok, but then she went on about how if we were going to share the money equally, she was only going to work on two chapters. She wasn't going to do any extra work. i mentioned that J had volunteered to do all the formatting, and for that she should get extra money.
Then she went off on how we wouldn't even be able to do this if it weren't for her work on the 099 course. She said she knew J had taken most of her material for the new book from the 099 course book. She said she was sick and tired of never getting any credit for the work she did. My first reaction was (to myself of course) that it was her fault if she didn't think about actually getting her work published. And if she didn't want to accept the blame, it was D's fault for not suggesting it. She had nothing but complaints about something that isn't even much more than an idea yet. She really made me angry.
She asked what would happen if not everyone wanted to work on the book? i said, all who were interested would be invited to work on it. Those who didn't want to do it, wouldn't be required to. Then she spouted off that it would mean more work for those who took on the task. i reminded her that if there were fewer people there would be more money per person. She can be such a bitch. i asked her not to tell anyone about this yet. i'm not sure she can keep her mouth shut. But i guess it isn't any big deal if the word gets out before i have solid info to give the others.
It will mean work. We will have to work on two or maybe three books at one time, in the future. We may be able to have a year to finish the first book, and even a year for the second, but we will be working on the second as we finish the first. It will be a lot of work, and it may become problematic with the way teachers leave and all, but I'm planning on being here for at least four more years, so i would be the guiding force. As teachers leave we can ask incoming if they would be interested in taking on the task.
Probably it would be best to just contract to do the book, selling the copyright to the publishing company, rather than taking the royalty. With the possibility of so many of us working on it, dividing the royalty would be about a buck two ninety-eight per person per year. Not hardly worth the effort. i wonder how much to ask for the copyright? 200 books/year x$12.00/book =2400.00x.09=216 divided by 7=$30.85/year as royalty. Now if the book is only used 4 years, that's only a bit over 120$ for all the work. If it's used for 10 years, that's $308 per person/year.
On the other hand, perhaps we can get 30,000 for the copyright. That would be over 4000 per person. That wouldn't be a bad thing. And if it was used in the FoM, that would be even more. It wouldn't be a bad deal at all.
On the other hand, the publishing company might not think it is a good deal at all, and turn us down flat in our faces. Then P will be angry because we don't get any money.
The good news is, the weight gain was water. The bad news is i didn't lose anything last week. Now i have to really be moving to take some more off by Friday.
i had decided i wasn't going to tell anyone anything about it until i'd spoken to a publishing house, but P called and i couldn't resist. Next time dummy, resist. She wasn't all excited about it. She admitted she was playing the Devil's Advocate, and i guess that's ok, but then she went on about how if we were going to share the money equally, she was only going to work on two chapters. She wasn't going to do any extra work. i mentioned that J had volunteered to do all the formatting, and for that she should get extra money.
Then she went off on how we wouldn't even be able to do this if it weren't for her work on the 099 course. She said she knew J had taken most of her material for the new book from the 099 course book. She said she was sick and tired of never getting any credit for the work she did. My first reaction was (to myself of course) that it was her fault if she didn't think about actually getting her work published. And if she didn't want to accept the blame, it was D's fault for not suggesting it. She had nothing but complaints about something that isn't even much more than an idea yet. She really made me angry.
She asked what would happen if not everyone wanted to work on the book? i said, all who were interested would be invited to work on it. Those who didn't want to do it, wouldn't be required to. Then she spouted off that it would mean more work for those who took on the task. i reminded her that if there were fewer people there would be more money per person. She can be such a bitch. i asked her not to tell anyone about this yet. i'm not sure she can keep her mouth shut. But i guess it isn't any big deal if the word gets out before i have solid info to give the others.
It will mean work. We will have to work on two or maybe three books at one time, in the future. We may be able to have a year to finish the first book, and even a year for the second, but we will be working on the second as we finish the first. It will be a lot of work, and it may become problematic with the way teachers leave and all, but I'm planning on being here for at least four more years, so i would be the guiding force. As teachers leave we can ask incoming if they would be interested in taking on the task.
Probably it would be best to just contract to do the book, selling the copyright to the publishing company, rather than taking the royalty. With the possibility of so many of us working on it, dividing the royalty would be about a buck two ninety-eight per person per year. Not hardly worth the effort. i wonder how much to ask for the copyright? 200 books/year x$12.00/book =2400.00x.09=216 divided by 7=$30.85/year as royalty. Now if the book is only used 4 years, that's only a bit over 120$ for all the work. If it's used for 10 years, that's $308 per person/year.
On the other hand, perhaps we can get 30,000 for the copyright. That would be over 4000 per person. That wouldn't be a bad thing. And if it was used in the FoM, that would be even more. It wouldn't be a bad deal at all.
On the other hand, the publishing company might not think it is a good deal at all, and turn us down flat in our faces. Then P will be angry because we don't get any money.
The good news is, the weight gain was water. The bad news is i didn't lose anything last week. Now i have to really be moving to take some more off by Friday.
