kwadhwa at wikimedia
Apr 23, 2008, 10:23 AM
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Re: Bertelsmann publishes "Wikipedia Encyclopedia in One Volume"
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Royalty rates run across the board but I can tell you that we did push
Bertelsmann because money that goes back to fund the "mission" is a good
thing. We have to look at the total package so getting a publishing
giant such as Bertelsmann behind this and agreeing to GFDL could already
be considered a win.
--Kul
Husky wrote:
> I think this is a very important step for Wikipedia to be taken
> seriously by a more academic public, and maybe also for people who
> aren't that tech-savy (i'm especially talking about the elderly). I
> would love to give this to my grandmother and be able to say that i
> contributed to it (even though i'm not that active on de.wikipedia :).
>
> Are there any pictures online somewhere on how it will look like?
>
> -- Hay / Husky
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> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod[at]mccme.ru> wrote:
>> I have no experience with the encyclopaedias, but for academic press 5 to
>> 10 percent royalty is standard. The rest goes to the publishing house and
>> covers all the publication and prepublication (editiung, typesetting,
>> publicity) costs.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Yaroslav
>>
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>> >
>> > In a message dated 4/22/2008 7:29:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > mary_murrell[at]yahoo.com writes:
>> >
>> > 4. Only one dollar to Wikimedia per copy? That's a measly 5% royalty. Who
>> > gets the rest?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > While no one has commented on the initial print run, there are certainly
>> > initial production costs that have to be covered, and these can be steep
>> > (copyediting, fact checking, plates, separations, printing, etc.). For a
>> > first run
>> > book which they can ostensibly grab for free, this is actually pretty
>> > generous.
>> >
>> > Danny
>> >
>> >
>> >
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