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List:       wikipedia-l
Subject:    Re: [Wikipedia-l] Dream a little...
From:       Sean Barrett <sean () epoptic ! com>
Date:       2006-10-21 17:27:39
Message-ID: 453A588B.2020904 () epoptic ! com
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Ray Saintonge stated for the record:

> George Herbert wrote:
> 
>>I bet that there would be a huge net benefit to starting up and organising a
>>donations campaign for such a trust.  A website, some volunteers, a
>>consistent donations policy, and a little legwork to get some PR out in the
>>scientific press would go a long way.
>>
> 
> I doubt it. More often then not grandchildren have no idea that 
> grandfather once published a book unless there was a ton of unsold 
> copies cluttering up the basement.

Probably true, though there are those of us who are periodically
reminded in a very pleasant way that our grandfathers once published books.

George, I would very happily take advantage of your trust.  I am
actively investigating ways to set free my grandfather's books that are
currently out of print.  (Those that are still in print are doing very
nice things for his great-grandkids' college funds, so I will greedily
retain my copyrights to them for now.)

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 Sean Barrett     | The other side to the Wikipedia that nobody really
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                  | the content is fairly pornographic, and actually
                  | quite lewd. --Encyclopedia Britannica spokesman
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