From: "Guédon Jean-Claude" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:06:58 -0400

Let me put it this way: it is not to the disadvantage of publishers to
let a confusing landscape emerge, and for-profit publishers may even
be a tad more proactive in this regard.

Also, when commercial transactions involving profits are at work,
fairness is not the value one meets frequently.

Jean-Claude Guédon
Professeur titulaire
Littérature comparée
Université de Montréal



-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Morris <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:17:53 +0100

I don't think it's fair to describe the aim of publishers as being to
'create as complicated and confusing a landscape as possible while avoiding
any direct confrontation that would allow for the emergence of clear issues'

IMHO, the publishers I know are all trying to accommodate authors' wishes as
far as possible, while at the same time trying not to destroy their own
business.   There is no single clear and obvious way to do this, or you can
be sure they would all be adopting it.  They are all trying to find
solutions to the same problem.

Sally


Sally Morris
West Sussex, UK  BN13 3UU
Email:  [log in to unmask]