[pct-l] Yogi's guidebook, I can't take it anymore

[saskiadaru at xs4all.nl (Saskia Daru)]

Same feeling I have had during this discussion. In my post I asserted the
fact that I am willing to pay for electronic publications. Not saying that I
won't buy anything on paper (my book cases can testify to that). Not saying
that publishers or authors HAVE to do anything. I started my previous post
with 'I'm almost scared to post'. I'll end this one with the same feeling.

Saskia

> From: "Chris Willett" <CWillett@pierce.ctc.edu>
> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:27:46 -0800
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Yogi's guidebook, I can't take it anymore
> 
> Ok, so I read Scott's first post.  Seemed pretty clear.  Nice suggestion.  If
> the venture is a money loser, then why not make it a PDF?  Helpful suggestion.
> Nothing mean or malicious about it.  When I read Scott's post, it seemed
> really, really clear what he was getting at. He wasn't asserting that it
> _should_ be free.  Only that if it was costing Yogi money to publish, she
> might consider giving it away instead.  Not an order or a judgement.  Seemed
> pretty straight forward.
> 
> Then, I watched as a sequence of posts come through with a rather bent version
> of things.  It seems that people think Scott was telling Yogi to give her work
> away.  Then, they felt some need to defend Yogi.  But, defending her from
> what?  Friendly advice to help her save money?  Since it is a money loser,
> this is all the advice was.  However, people seem to have blown it up into a
> great mountain, just like bear cannisters and bikes.  Scott's definitely
> gotten the brunt of criticism on this, and I think for no good reason
> whatsoever.
> 
> I'm sorry for adding to the all the trash that has come through under this
> subject heading, and promise that I won't put out anything else under this
> heading to the PCT-L.
> 
> Suge
> 
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> Christopher Willett
> cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
> www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
> Pierce College
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> Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999
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