Comments on: A children’s book about cosmogenesis? Oh yeah!

By: db0

db0 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:39:07 +0000

Depends on the publishing company. I know that Cory Doctorow still publishes on paper even though he's giving them away for free online. Plus, I think James is self-published.

By: Anon73

Anon73 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:46:01 +0000

Aren't the publishing companies hostile to GPL, CC, and the like. How does one go about having a book published but also available online under a CC license without angering the publisher?

By: ChristopherTK

ChristopherTK — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:29:30 +0000

This will be perfect for my 8 year-old and even his little brother.

James Dunbar is not recognized in my library's system. I'll have to change that.

Thanks for the recommendation.

By: sitakali

sitakali — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:43:18 +0000

omg, I was classmates with the author for four years in high school. Serious coincidence!

By: db0

db0 — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:33:29 +0000

My kids (ages 8 and 7) had no trouble with it.

Ah, ok. Good to know and I'm glad I was wrong.

and I only see a copyright on the inside front cover, like every other published book.

The PDF I received had a copyright notice on every page iirc so perhaps simply the printed version differs.

By: chanson

chanson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:59:06 +0000

Re: Unfortunately, even though the effort is admirable, the complex concepts within the book are unlikely to be grasped by children (although, of course, I could be wrong. My kids (ages 8 and 7) had no trouble with it. They'd already learned most of this stuff on YouTube, and enjoyed the rhymed version. (see my review here.) I'm not sure what you mean by copyrights all over the place, though. I have my copy here on my desk with me, and I only see a copyright on the inside front cover, like every other published book.