Neil Kelson writes:
>Am I the only person who feels uncomfortable with seeing recipes reprinted from
>Donna German's books? Come on people -- you are violating Ms. German's copy-
>rights! Her books are all excellent, and I strongly encourage anybody with
>a bread machine to buy one or more of her books. But I sure hate to see her
>lose some potential sales from people who feel that they can just get all
>her wonderful recipes from the `net'.
I agree on your point if too many are reprinted, but I applaud those
who reprint a few of their "favorites" along with the book and author's
name. I know for a fact that I bought "The Bread Machine Cookbook I"
because of exactly this. Someone posted a few recipes, I tried them at
home, they were great, so I went out and bought the book. Not only
that, I bought book II as well. So it actually got her two sale she
might not otherwise have got. I've been burned too many times on bad
cookbooks that I prefer to try a few recipes before investing. The net
is a great way to promote this. Now, how many are "too many"? My
opinion is that 1-3 recipes are ok, more than that borders on the
complaint that you expressed.
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Buffy Hyler (hyler@ast.saic.com)
SAIC, Campus Point
San Diego, California
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