Subject: [xsl] WROX going under From: Paul DuBois <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:12:50 -0600 |
> > > From: Jeni Tennison [mailto:jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > Given that Wrox has just gone under, I'm unlikely to ever see any > > > royalties from Beginning XSLT. (If you were putting off getting a > > > copy, I suggest that you buy now -- same goes for Mike's Programmer's > > > Reference.) > > > > (Sorry, I know this is off-topic.) > > > > That's quite a shock--and also a disappointment, although no more than it > > must be to you and Michael and other Wrox authors. And no other publisher > > I'm aware of has offered a definitive programmer's reference and tutorial. > > Any chance that publication rights could revert back to you so you could > > take the book elsewhere? I asked one of my editors about this (not at WROX; I've never written for them), and she said that it depends. Authors who own the rights can seek another publisher. So it depends on what the contract says. > also, not to sound opportunistic or anything, but what happens to > the WROX books already in stock at bookstores? i was just down at > chapters (a canadian chain), and there were numerous wrox titles on > the shelf. > > by "going under", does that mean just bankruptcy re-organization, > or real death? will wrox books be remaindered? that would certainly > inspire me to pick up a couple more, and tell my friends to do the > same if they suddenly become clearance priced. > > rday Here's a news article about WROX's demise: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29790.html XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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