Chinese Translation
Hi Colin,
FYI on a Chinese edition (!) of Minds and Bodies.
Best
Peter
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Subject: McGinn – Minds and Bodies: Philosophers and Their Ideas (Simplified Chinese)
Hi Peter,
I hope you will be pleased to hear of the following Simplified Chinese translation deal.
If you could pass this news, along with the FAQ, to the author, that would be great.
Thanks!
Emma
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TRANSLATION DEAL
Author/Title: McGinn – Minds and Bodies: Philosophers and Their Ideas
ISBN/IP: 9780195113556 (1997) [IP 6000975]
Language: Chinese using simplified characters
Territory: Mainland China (excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau)
Publisher: Central Compilation & Translation Press Co., Ltd.
Compliance: low [BP # 90105113]
Terms: Advance: $3000
Royalty: 8% up to 5000 copies sold; 9% up to 10,000 copies; 10% thereafter
- Term of Licence: 5 years from date of agreement
- Publication date: 24 months from date of agreement
- Retail price: RMB 88 (approx $12.10)
- Print run: 3000 copies
- TML: n/a
- Author share: 50%
- Income: Net income will be divided between the Author and OUP in accordance with the original author contract and will be paid out to the author at next royalty accounting date after the income is received.
- Other: 15.09% withholding tax; 10% Andrew Nurnberg Associates
I have the very book, though not the Chinese version. Might be an idea to remove everyone’s emails though
Whose emails?
Directly after this bit:
Hi Colin,
FYI on a Chinese edition (!) of Minds and Bodies.
Best
Peter
At least that’s what I can see
Email addresses I should say
It didn’t seem necessary to remove them. It also will upset the fanatical cancellers. Interestingly, they never confront me directly, just hide away.
Interesting income sharing dynamics, thanks for sharing! Fairness to the author is not included…
Interestingly the book now costs about $140 on Amazon US… https://a.co/d/ac89zSU
I’m surprised they chose that one to translate: it consists wholly of reviews of Anglo-American writers, mainly academic philosophers.