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Letters from the Madman
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Sightings: Nasty Professor EOAA Report EOAA Report Plus Comments Letters from the Madman: Inbox |
 To: Cassandra Sharona Edna Subject: Re: Publisher Meeting Date: 15Oct03 2:13pm Randy’s comments on Cassandra’s message: > > In order to make the extensive revisions that the lab manual requires worth our time, > we'd have to convince the publishers to up the royalties to $7.50 per book. I would go for 8. > > The main work would involve updating any antiquated sections, trying to > figure out who wrote which portions and either obtaining permissions, or > rewording the text, and adding Randy's new Convergent Evolution lab. > I think it is important to remember when thinking about this that while the ultimate goal is to make the perfect lab book, that is not the goal for the short term. For the short term, the goal is as stated here by Cassandra, to remove errors, make critical (with a capital C) updates, and to make the text good enough to use with little embarassment for a few semesters. The longer term goal of making incredibally wonderful and perfect labs (as though that could really happen, but you know what I mean) has to be understood as an evolutionary process, one at a time, and coming with more support from the publishers. > We need to clear this with Mildred and George first, though, since they'd > have to be willing to use the manual in order to make it work. > Thinking strategically, I think I can talk to george about this most effectively. I can probably also talk to Mildred, but it may also be good for her to hear it from Edna and Sharona with me chiming in if necessary. I think the will both go for it, ultimately. It is easy to anticipate the questions they will have. RTL |