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Non-Fiction

CTyankee

(65,021 posts) Wed Mar 1, 2023, 02:38 PM Mar 2023

need a private publisher for my book [View all]

I have published one book privately with Book Baby. The understanding was it was for private distribution to friends a family only and not for sale. Now BB is refusing my second book saying it must have copywrite permission. I am willing to have notification in the front of the book that it is not for sale and for private distribution only.

I ordered 100 copies. Last time I ordered 50 and it wasn't enough. 100 copies is certainly not enough for me to peddle it for profit!

Since the book is about art, it must have the art in it.

Is there a new regulation in place that I don't know about?

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need a private publisher for my book [View all] CTyankee Mar 2023 OP

I am willing to do this. And to state it is for private use only. CTyankee Mar 2023 #2

You are paying them to copy the art and sell it to you Effete Snob Mar 2023 #3

Book Baby did my first book which was the same format and type of content. CTyankee Mar 2023 #6

Was all of the art in existence prior to 1923? Effete Snob Mar 2023 #9

no. Some of the later works were in the 50s and 60s. CTyankee Mar 2023 #10

Unless it is your personal art ... relayerbob Mar 2023 #4

Not that it matters, but my book shows the art and discussses the artist's ideas, motivation, etc. CTyankee Mar 2023 #5

That someone has posted art on the internet is also not relevant relayerbob Mar 2023 #7

This would be typical of what I write: CTyankee Mar 2023 #8

It's complex relayerbob Mar 2023 #11

I thought about having BB make just one copy and then I could pass it around at family events. CTyankee Mar 2023 #12

Going back to the argument "no better than stealing someone's car." CTyankee Mar 2023 #13

Actually, no, not correct relayerbob Mar 2023 #14

Stolen art is one of my favorite subjects. People who want to steal it usually do so thinking CTyankee Mar 2023 #15

You are intentionally bypassing the point relayerbob Mar 2023 #16

Thank you for your comments. CTyankee Mar 2023 #17

Since you have "mentioned" this, I will call your attention to this: CTyankee Mar 2023 #18

Don't equate yourself with the National Gallery of Art relayerbob Mar 2023 #19

Moi aussi. CTyankee Mar 2023 #20