[lbo-talk] Leftist books and copyright violation (was: Lefty library of pdfs)

madhavan kutty Nandeilath madhavanconscious at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 00:02:34 PDT 2012


Dear Comrades ,

We understand.

Fraternally NMK

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:37 AM, michael yates <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote:


>
> First, I edited Michael Heinrich's book, skillfully translated by Alex
> Locascio. It is a good book, concise, lucid, and it clears up a lot of
> misunderstandings about Marx. Second, I want Monthly Review Press to
> survive, and it cannot unless most readers buy our books. We keep our
> prices pretty low, and we do a decent job of making attractive books,
> especially given that we have so few people working at the Press. Three to
> be exact, plus contracted out work, mainly copyediting. We pay royalties to
> our writers unless they agree to forego them, which many do but by no means
> all. Professional writers have to get paid to live too. I would never have
> taught for free, so why should any worker labor for nothing? Third, if
> you really want a book and can't afford it, write me and I will do my best
> to get you a copy. When you have some extra funds, you can make a
> contribution to the Press. Fourth, I am always interested to learn of ways
> for left writing to survive outside of someone !
> transferring money in one way or another to writers, publishers, etc. We
> are not subsidized by any group or organization. So what should we do to
> survive if everyone steals our books? Fifth, translations are a
> particularly vexing problem. They are expensive, and invariably they
> require extra editing unless we are lucky enough to get an exceptional and
> committed radical translator like Alex. Michael Yates
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