tarotbear
I'm putting this here because I want to ask for input.
As many of you know - or own - my book 'It's All in the Cards' went OOP about 3 years ago. At that time I did a very intellegent thing - I petitioned my publisher for my copyright back ... and got it. This means that my publisher no longer owns the manuscript (which they could decide to re-publish 20 years down the road from now). I own the manuscript, and by default (per se) the copyright to use the RWS illustrations used in the book as long as I don't change the title of the book. And as you can see, I just turned right around and got my book republished! {NOT!}
The intervening two years have filled my life with constant upheaval and interfered with the process.
At the moment, the obstacle is that I have the entire manuscript in electronic form, and the separate illustrations in electronic form (I think), and I have to get the two incorporated into one to be able to submit it. The illustrations are what is holding me up; if there was only text I could have done this years ago. Any suggestions? Pay someone to create the 'new' manuscript and then submit that?
I appreciate any input, and I have a poll - but don't let that stop your suggestions.
As many of you know - or own - my book 'It's All in the Cards' went OOP about 3 years ago. At that time I did a very intellegent thing - I petitioned my publisher for my copyright back ... and got it. This means that my publisher no longer owns the manuscript (which they could decide to re-publish 20 years down the road from now). I own the manuscript, and by default (per se) the copyright to use the RWS illustrations used in the book as long as I don't change the title of the book. And as you can see, I just turned right around and got my book republished! {NOT!}
The intervening two years have filled my life with constant upheaval and interfered with the process.
At the moment, the obstacle is that I have the entire manuscript in electronic form, and the separate illustrations in electronic form (I think), and I have to get the two incorporated into one to be able to submit it. The illustrations are what is holding me up; if there was only text I could have done this years ago. Any suggestions? Pay someone to create the 'new' manuscript and then submit that?
I appreciate any input, and I have a poll - but don't let that stop your suggestions.