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What Duck Done

Would you buy this if it became available?

  • I'd buy it for sure as soon as I could grab a copy.

    Votes: 96 55.5%

  • I'd certainly think about getting it.

    Votes: 41 23.7%

  • I already have it.

    Votes: 32 18.5%

  • No, it's not something I'd be interested in.

    Votes: 4 2.3%
  • Total voters
    173
lyla1953

lyla1953

Jul 18, 2012
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#1
(Could you guys please vote in the poll for us - thanks! BB)

I'm finding this book, 1st or 2nd edition is very difficult to find...Anybody know where I can find one????
...new or used
 
#4
If you scan it and distribute it, you could be liable to be sued by the intellectual property owner, so that's a no no. I'm sure it will come back into print at some point but I guess those of us who would like it will just have to be patient.
 
#5
It was out of print for a while and then they did a small run. I got a copy when they did that. If you contact the publisher they might start a list of interested purchasers. If they see enough interest, maybe they'll print a bunch.

Whatever happened to the great idea that books are published on demand? I thought with the internet and computer automation, that the publishers would only print to order and that way there's no waste.
 
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hdracer said:
I saw a used one on Amazon a few months back. The seller was asking $150 for it.

I have a copy and was thinking of scanning it to a PDF but I do not know the legal implications.
I will never sell it.
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I wonder...who would own the copy rights? I'm not convinced the publisher is in business anymore. I haven't found much on the author either.
 
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#9
Generally, the author of a book owns the copyright for his life time, plus an extended time past that. If there is some other agreement made with a publisher, then the time frame is a little different. However, in either case, we're talking about a decades-long copyright ownership, not just a few years.

I agreed that this book should re-released / reprinted!
 
#10
I just emailed bassbooks.com and I'll let you guys know if they get back to me.

me in email said:
WHAT DUCK DONE - requests from TalkBass membership

Hi guys, I’m a forum moderator for TalkBass.com and lots of our members seem interested in buying a copy of this out of print book. Is there any mechanism by which you could notify the publishers about this so they could consider doing another print run? Judging by the online discussion and some ebay auctions of used copies, there’s some very healthy demand out there.

Kind regards,
Bill
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I've also corrected the spelling in the thread title (so this shows up in online searches) and added a poll to get a better estimate of the number of possible sales. Please spare a few seconds to vote. If we get enough responses I'll email them again with a link to this thread and maybe also enquire about the possibility of making the book available to purchase electronically.

lyla1953 - Your opening post has been edited slightly, just to draw a little more attention in the pop up bubble that appears when people are browsing the forum index. ;)
 
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Any more takers? At the moment it's not looking like they're going to be doing a special print run for us based on these numbers. Maybe we could ask about buying it as a PDF, but if I was the author I'd be very reluctant to go that route for obvious reasons.
 
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bassybill said:
Any more takers? At the moment it's not looking like they're going to be doing a special print run for us based on these numbers. Maybe we could ask about buying it as a PDF, but if I was the author I'd be very reluctant to go that route for obvious reasons.
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I'd think the response would be stronger if the poll was moved to the bass and db main forums.
 
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bassybill said:
Any more takers? At the moment it's not looking like they're going to be doing a special print run for us based on these numbers. Maybe we could ask about buying it as a PDF, but if I was the author I'd be very reluctant to go that route for obvious reasons.
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Well, he was just a Soul, R&B and Blues man.

I think if you had a poll for a book called Cliff Notes and it was in tab only you would get plenty of responses. :D
 
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lyla1953 said:
I'd think the response would be stronger if the poll was moved to the bass and db main forums.
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I don't know what you mean by "the bass and db main forums". This doesn't belong in the "basses" forum if that's what you mean.

The GI forum is normally the place for discussions of transcriptions and the like.

I think some of the comments about there actually being fairly low demand for the book are probably right. We've had hundreds of views of this thread and a very limited response. Oh well, it is what it is... shame, but never mind.
 

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