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[ejarh.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if any of AF's books are avaiable in transcript form like the Chalet School books. Does the AF estate or Girls Gone By care if we do this for titles that are out of print? Anyone know? If it's not a legal issue, I could trancribe Peter's Room and/or Autum Term.

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[oursin.livejournal.com]

Out of print but still in copyright! I would advise against the proposed course of action.

transcripts

[ejarh.livejournal.com]

Okay - just wondering because of the Chalet School precedent where presumably the same applies. Thanks.

CS transcripts

[balooky.livejournal.com]

Hiya

With the CS transcripts it was never intended that they replace people buying the actual books from GGBP when they are in print. When GGBP announces a title, it is intended that the transcript stops circulating.

However I think most collectors would prefer to have an actual book rather than a transcript so I'm sure that the existence of transcripts doesn't affect sales, so GGBP have so far turned a blind eye, which is good of them.

I know that CS reprints tend to sell out quite quickly from GGBP, not sure about AF titles, although I know Peter's Room sold out so fast I was caught out and had to get a copy from Ebay!

[legionseagle.livejournal.com]

Peter's Room has recently been republished by GGBP; Autumn Term was one of the four published by Puffin, which very probably has the rights to do a reprint given sufficient interest.

[ejarh.livejournal.com]

Actually, the GGBP edition of Peter's Room is already out of print, according to their website. Hope they republish soon. Thanks for the feedback.

[(Anonymous)]

It's always worth checking on ebay for the GGBP reprints.

[knityrowndalek.livejournal.com]

I like the GGBP editions - though I confess I really prefer hardbacks, they look so much nicer on the shelves; but what are "transcripts"?

[ejarh.livejournal.com]

Transcripts (for the purposes of this discussion) are digital versions (usually simple Word files) of a book. I'm not sure of the history, but I think that because many of the Chalet School books were out of print and unavailable for so long, some zealous fans began typing up and sharing what they had. As helenmia noted above, GGBP has been very generous about this and it doesn't seem to hurt sales of the books. In fact, many people say they are more eager to buy the book having read the transcript first. Other people seem to simply like having both formats - books and digital file - as the latter are easier to carry around and to search if you are doing some serious girlsown study. Most folk - probably all - prefer the real thing, me included. But both are lovely to have if, and only if, the powers that be are okay with it.

[knityrowndalek.livejournal.com]

Thank you for explaining!