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Post by The Doctor on Feb 25, 2017 20:45:26 GMT
At least Rebellion and Panini pay the people that do their reprographics work for them!
-Ralph
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Post by Jaymz on Feb 25, 2017 20:55:55 GMT
Panini don't pay royalties on the Marvel comics they print.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 25, 2017 20:57:05 GMT
That's a completely different topic.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 25, 2017 21:08:10 GMT
Yeah, I'm sure you've have said before, pretty sure Titan doesn't either for that matter.
Andy
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Post by Jaymz on Feb 25, 2017 21:56:17 GMT
Depends on the contracts signed for the reprint rights, but yes, Ralph is correct in that it's a different topic.
As someone who provides scans, and taken the time to search out bonus material for these books, I'm happy to do it without direct financial reward. My reward is the material being easily available for the fandom. And I know how differently these books would turn out without input from the fans [see IDWs reprints of the US Marvel TF stuff]. Other people's mileage may vary.
Ralph, I understand your decision in not wanting to share whatever original artwork you have for the books, however, as a fan of original TF artwork, if you'd ever like to share photos for my own private consumption I'd love to see it.
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Post by primenova on Feb 26, 2017 8:12:38 GMT
I don't know if this is right or just applies to old stuff. But when IDW do the normal tpb ie collect Lost light - they pay the creators for the printed copy but not when it is in tpb form? Just the person who collected the issue & formatted the book & the editor get paid even if the tpb is 4 issues & costs more than the single issues. This may not be true about the IDW stuff & may just apply to the best of UK tpb. So does James Roberts get any money when the MTMTE tpb is released? But they do them endless reprint run don't they? SO you can order a tpb produced a few years ago & they do another print run or they have them in a safe warehouse?
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Post by Jaymz on Feb 26, 2017 12:44:20 GMT
Transformers creators [writers and artists] get paid for creating the work, they do not get royalties. The person who collates the material for the collections I would assume is on salary, rather than being paid for specific work on books.
They will do a print run based off initial orders and their own estimates of how well the book is going to sell. Once that runs out, they decide whether it's worth doing another print run, usually based on demand. This print run will normally be smaller than the original print run, as the books sell best with their initial release. These days digital publishing is also a factor they may consider [for example, if they don't think they'll sell enough to cover a new print run, they can still have the book available via digital distribution].
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2017 5:36:47 GMT
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Post by Jaymz on May 28, 2017 22:43:40 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 5, 2017 18:33:37 GMT
Hmmm, Amazon stills says tomorrow. Wondering whether to place an order or not.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 5, 2017 19:08:26 GMT
Not on this week's shipping list from Diamond, so I'd be VERY surprised to see it from Amazon.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2017 20:28:50 GMT
I still don't believe this will ever exist. How many decades has it been since volume 5?
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Jun 6, 2017 6:49:58 GMT
I got my v5 21/8/14 - so not really that to long ago considering it did take a while to read
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 6, 2017 14:53:31 GMT
Three years Pete!
Anyway I decided t go straight to the top:
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Post by primenova on Jun 6, 2017 16:51:14 GMT
I expect James to at least get his copy before the shops get it.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 15, 2017 10:56:59 GMT
Transmissions said this week that in the US, Amazon pre-orders for Classics v6 are being cancelled because the book is 'no longer being offered by the supplier'. Is that just the distributor pulling it until IDW have it ready? Not actually cancelled, right?
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Post by Jaymz on Jul 15, 2017 12:35:57 GMT
Yeah, I'm not sure who is the supplier to Amazon US, probably Diamond if IDW don't have a book supplier deal with a proper distributor. Basically, Amazon is not a trustworthy source for saying a TPB has been cancelled. The publisher will cancel it first, then Diamond will cancel orders [and say if it's going to be resolicited]. IDW haven't cancelled the book, Diamond haven't cancelled comic shop orders for the book, I get notifications about this stuff. Current Diamond release date is Jan 10th 2018: previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV160409If that page disappears, the book [on that order code] has been cancelled. |
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Post by dasi on Jul 15, 2017 14:01:04 GMT
I will be bigly sad if this gets cancelled. July 20 is my 1-year pre-order anniversary.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2017 14:02:44 GMT
Moved to January? I continue to doubt this will ever exist!
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Jul 15, 2017 16:16:22 GMT
I wonder how James feels - he's done all this work & has everything done then IDW keep putting it back. & then aren't paying James to do the work either (stated that may be true a few pages back)
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Post by Benn on Jul 15, 2017 17:05:35 GMT
I do believe he stated on Twitter that the delays were down to him, so...
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 5, 2017 10:50:56 GMT
Amazon have cancelled my order for this and currently list it as "unavailable" with no options for pre-ordering.
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Post by Dave on Sept 5, 2017 15:05:30 GMT
Same happened to me. I'd pretty much given up on ever seeing it anyway, but it's disappointing.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 5, 2017 17:17:44 GMT
Bum.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 5, 2017 17:50:56 GMT
I am not happy that my prophecy has come to pass.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 5, 2017 18:03:49 GMT
Amazon canclling the order does not mean the book is cancelled, merely that they can't get stock within the time they expected to.
As yet it hasn't been resollicited by IDW
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 5, 2017 18:05:37 GMT
Has it ever actually been solicited by IDW?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 5, 2017 19:28:15 GMT
Info must have come from them to reach Amazon and get an ISBN number, Amazon themselves don't dream them up!
As for if it was solicited like comics and trades were ..... Bear with, this may take some research!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 5, 2017 19:30:27 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 5, 2017 19:34:26 GMT
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