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Post by potet on Oct 17, 2020 19:12:59 GMT
Hachette is a major French publishing company founded in 1826. It has also a branch, Hachette-Distribution that is the go-between between publishers and bookstores. Some years ago, Lulu informed French authors that they had signed a contract with Hachette. Until today, none of my books had been sold through Hachette. I have just discovered that one was on 2020-09-30. There is a snag, though. I withdrew this book ( Petite grammaire du tagal / philippin) several years ago when I launched its expanded version ( Grande grammaire du tagal / philippin). Could this mean that once a book is on Hachette's catalogue, it remains there even though retired from Lulu? Now if Hachette can supply a copy to a customer, could this mean that Hachette has the print-ready PDF file, however obsolete?
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Post by tasmanianartist on Oct 18, 2020 2:54:30 GMT
Remaining in someone's catalogue, and being sold are two different things - my long-since out of print 2008 first editions are still listed by Amazon, Goodreads etc - but none will ever be sold again, because they are no longer produced; however, if a second hand bookseller has a copy, they can sell it for whatever price.
Since Lulu has a contract with Hachette, Lulu would be your first port of call for an enquiry about that sale.
I have always wondered about these contracted outfits printing a small number for their own stock/supply, keeping them on a shelf for future use ... or even keeping a copy of the print-ready files for their own use.
Despite its innovative, tree-saving, user-friendly aspect, I've always considered POD as a little 'free for all' - because of the easily transmitted digital files.
It would probably pay you to start enqiring with Lulu.
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Post by benziger on Oct 18, 2020 8:15:48 GMT
Is the small grammar incorrect? Or simply less detailed? It would also be conceivable to offer both. I know this from the customer's point of view: I was once looking for a dictionary in a rare language and I only found an extensive two-volume work for about 90.00. At that time I didn't really want to spend more than about 20.00. I would have bought a small dictionary, but not the big one (which I regret today, that it costs twice as much today in an antiquarian shop - but who can look into the future?). That doesn't help you much with your question. As tasmanianartist says, I would ask Lulu (with little hope).
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Post by potet on Oct 18, 2020 9:41:25 GMT
Is the small grammar incorrect? Or simply less detailed? It would also be conceivable to offer both. I know this from the customer's point of view: I was once looking for a dictionary in a rare language and I only found an extensive two-volume work for about 90.00. At that time I didn't really want to spend more than about 20.00. I would have bought a small dictionary, but not the big one (which I regret today, that it costs twice as much today in an antiquarian shop - but who can look into the future?). That doesn't help you much with your question. As tasmanianartist says, I would ask Lulu (with little hope). Unfortunately the smaller version contains some errors that I discovered while writing the bigger one. One more reason to have it removed from all distributors. Yes, as you and Tasmanian suggest, I should ask Lulu why Hachette didn't remove it from their catalogue. Benziger, like you I balked at buying very expensive books that are now out of print.
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