Making books is hard work
From Mary Minow’s interview with David Dodd, librarian and author of The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics:
This is my third book, and each has carried with it a greater or lesser degree of do-it-yourselfness. … You don’t just sign a contract, turn over a manuscript, and sit back and wait for the book to appear.
That actually makes the process sound more appealing to me, except for the copyright permissions, which do not sound like fun.
[via librarian.net]
August 29, 2005 at 2:31 pm
Thanks for noting this! No, permissions are not fun. But I have thought that it would be a good side job or even alternate profession for a librarian. Permissions work involves research, good communication, and rigorous followup, along with common sense and some knowledge of copyright (including the ability to judge what is in the public domain, and what is not!).