Yesterday, I saw this:
http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Family-Collection-Complete-Captain/dp/1493613308/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0Q2QME7NG9NN0Y5GCK2PMy first thought was,
that's one awful cover...My second thought was,
how is this guy selling public domain stuff on Amazon? (The rules on that sort of go back and forth...)
My third thought was,
I could do a better job, design wise and price wise (I looked up what it would cost to print such a book on CreateSpace and was flabbergasted by how much this guy was overcharging.)
Now, generally, three thoughts is all I'm good for on any given day, but in this case, I went the extra mile and wondered:
Would the guys at DCM be cool with republishing their scans in such a fashion?My kneejerk reaction was, "No."
But a research in the message boards revealed a few threads where people were given an "Okay" for some re-purposing of the files
as long as the original scanners were acknowledge. (Which is more than fair.)
I was already planning on creating a PD Christmas comics collection, (darkmark is helping me with that.) but seeing these horrible Fawcett collections made me want to throw my hat in the ring with some superhero stuff.
Note: if there are any scanners who aren't cool such re-purposing, I'd be happy to not use their stuff. Or if you wanted a share of the profits (imo: judging by that Whiz collections, I don't expect much) I would be open working something out.
Here's the problem, in some cases, all you can find is the name of the uploader (which I don't want to assume is the scanner.)
If the name of the scanner isn't contained in the original file, what do you do then?
- Jim