[THE_EPISTLE] Book

[Ian Dickerson]

Peter Sewell wrote:
> It was Deborah from Italy that got me thinking about this and I put it
> out
> just to see if there was any interest. I put finger to keyboard without
> thinking so my sincere apologies to the Saint Club and Ian for typing
> without thought and not contacting/consulting them first.  The idea is
> just
> for a bit of fun and to help the Saint Club and in no way am I trying to
> undermine Ian/Saint Club and the fantastic work they do. Indeed it is the
> good work that the Saint Club does that inspired this idea.
>
> I guess the first consideration is whether The Saint Club is
> interested and
> secondly copyright issues. This I should have checked first.  Ian if
> you can
> advise I would be most grateful.
>
> If the Saint Club is up for it and any persons who submit a story do
> so on
> the understanding that it is to raise money for the Saint Club and not to
> benefit the author in anyway shape or form then hopefully subject to
> enough
> interest, a deadline of say three months from the launch would be a good
> starting point.  However at this stage it is merely to gauge any
> interest.
>
> Once again I'm sorry for putting the cart before the horse
>
> Peter
>
All,

My apologies for not responding to this previously but I've been out of
the country and largely away from e-mail for a couple of weeks (which
was just downright weird but nevertheless a welcome break!).

Peter, I'm slightly concerned because the tone of the above suggests
some comments have been made regarding the suitability of this idea and
if so, then I've not seen those comments.

Having said that, I have to say first and foremost that I have
absolutely no time to get involved with this. Regardless of what I think
of the idea there simply aren't enough hours in the day for me or the
Club to get involved. I'm way behind on a significant mountain of Club
paperwork and am in discussions about a number of other Saintly projects
which I hope will see the light of day shortly.

Copyright is also an interesting issue and I think any hard copy
publication would create more hassle than it's worth. But it is a fun
idea and there may be something that can be done online--say for just
the subscribers to this list. Would anyone be interested in that?

Ian