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yes re no residual income, but if you spend a lifetime writing for one or more universities you'd hope that there'd be a decent pension provision. "Hope" being the operative word right now. As an independent with limited unpaid time to write about what interests me i tend to go for the writing small books with broader appeal, rather than chunring out articles in the smaller hope that it'll get me a proper job, for the same reasons as your accumulative strategy mentioned below Dave E On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:16 AM, David Mattichak <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I can see the usefulness of having a strategy of writing one book for the > university and another, more popular volume to sell to a wider audience if > such a thing is possible. My long term strategy as an author isn't to hit > the NY Times bestsellers (it would be great but unlikely) but rather to > accumulate enough books on the market so that the combined royalties > creates a useful income for when I am too old to write (if such a time ever > comes). An academic could spend their life writing for a college and end up > with no residual income from it. There has to be a fairer system. Writing > is hard work and academic writers should be paid for the wealth that it > generates for the universities- in my humble (and probably ill-informed) > opinion. > > Thanks for taking the time to answer me so genuinely > > David > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:08:02 -0500 > > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] New issue Metaverse Creativity > To: [log in to unmask] > > David, > > Seeing as the university one works for rarely directly publishes one's > work, I believe that question returns to the contractual agreement between > the author and the publisher. At least this is how it works in the > humanities in the US, to the best of my knowledge. I believe copyright > issues get somewhat stickier in the academic hard sciences, but I think > even those complications are more in the realm of patents on > scientific/technological products than on published papers. > > Dave e, > > Still being in a doctoral program, and having been lucky enough to be > funded throughout, I haven't yet had to face the job market or the > realities you describe. I also happen to be in a small field that's > nonetheless relatively in demand right now, so I'm just hoping that's still > true in two years or so when I finish the diss. > > - N > > On 11/8/2011 3:25 AM, David Mattichak wrote: > > Thanks Noah; > > So if you are being paid to write for a college or university who owns > the copyright on the material that you write for them- you or the college? > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 02:57:13 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] New issue Metaverse Creativity > To: [log in to unmask] > > Ideally, the academic has a job at a college or university, and part of > what the university is paying them to do is produce and publish original > scholarship. Publishing is often tied to promotion so, at least in theory, > the more one publishes the more pay/job security one gets. There are less > explicitly financial advantages to publishing as well, in terms of being > known in your field, getting your ideas into circulation, etc. > > Not that things always work out this way in reality. > > - Noah > > > On 11/8/2011 2:48 AM, David Mattichak wrote: > > Then it is a bad deal. Even academics have to eat- why don't they get > paid? > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:56:24 +1100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] New issue Metaverse Creativity > To: [log in to unmask] > > Academic journals don’t pay for articles at all, as far as I know. > > > > > > *From:* Society for The Academic Study of Magic [ > mailto:[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>] > *On Behalf Of *David Mattichak > *Sent:* Tuesday, 8 November 2011 3:38 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] New issue Metaverse Creativity > > > > This is essentially a freelance writing agreement. If they don't pay up > front for the articles then they are ripping people off. But if they pay > for the material then they are stipulating that they are buying the > copyright, a very common practice in publishing if not in academic circles. > Business models that try and squeeze a few bucks like this rarely endure. > > > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 14:47:12 +1100 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] New issue Metaverse Creativity > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > I see.... > > > > Is this different to other journals? I've only had one peer reviewer > journal > > article and frankly, I wouldn't have a clue about copyright of it (I > mean I > > probably did initially read something regarding it but have now forgotten > > it). > > > > ~Caroline. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>] > On Behalf Of Morgan Leigh > > Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2011 2:18 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] New issue Metaverse Creativity > > > > Thanks for thinking of us Caroline. Sadly; > > > > "Who owns the copyright of journal articles? > > Copyrights of articles remain with Intellect in our journals. We then > > have agreements with other companies (such as EBSCO Host) to license > > them to carry our material in their products and pay us a fee. Without > > us holding the copyright to all the material in our journals, our > > business model does not work." > > > > Regards, > > > > Morgan Leigh > > PhD Candidate > > School of Sociology and Social Work > > University of Tasmania > > > > > > On 7/11/2011 9:02 PM, Caroline Tully wrote: > > > I know some people on this list are into Second Life. > > > > > > > > > > > > *Subject:*New issue Metaverse Creativity > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Metaverse banner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > < > http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=b8siyjbab&et=1108351050788&s=4767&e=001DpldgL > > > 0W1WZBlHuOD_DHwqBvIb_PePmHhiK1Ux0VrfuM7iX5ns3H51OSlq0ltApSCxqU5y6LdxlLwxlpqO > > > jieCv7-KuNZ1vVKS84raa4HUm_NAo7l6LHeJzZhMbiiVdqhrhN3JvY5C1L9pT0mQnKrAmLpCqSKB > > 2lBGqTQ6i5rj0=>Metaverse > > > cover > > > > > < > http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=b8siyjbab&et=1108351050788&s=4767&e=001DpldgL > > > 0W1WZBlHuOD_DHwqBvIb_PePmHhiK1Ux0VrfuM7iX5ns3H51OSlq0ltApSCxqU5y6LdxlLwxlpqO > > > jieCv7-KuNZ1vVKS84raa4HUm_NAo7l6LHeJzZhMbiiVdqhrhN3JvY5C1L9pT0mQnKrAmLpCqSKB > > 2lBGqTQ6i5rj0=>< > http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=b8siyjbab&et=1108351050788&s=4 > > > 767&e=001DpldgL0W1WZBlHuOD_DHwqBvIb_PePmHhiK1Ux0VrfuM7iX5ns3H51OSlq0ltApSCxq > > > U5y6LdxlLwxlpqOjieCv7-KuNZ1vVKS84raa4HUm_NAo7l6LHeJzZhMbiiVdqhrhN3JvY5C1L9pT > > 0mQnKrAmLpCqSKB2lBGqTQ6i5rj0=> > > > > > > *Metaverse Creativity** ** * > > > > > > * *** > > > > > > *Intellect is delighted to announce the publication of the second issue > > > of Metaverse Creativity (1.2)* > > > > > > /Metaverse Creativity/is committed to an examination of creativity in > > > the user defined online virtual worlds known as the metaverse. 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