Alicia ([info]denaliwind) wrote,
@ 2008-03-18 08:28:00
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Books Again...
Okay, so there was a few people that expressed an interest in little books. I'd be willing to sell some, but would it be ethical? I learned how to make them off of a post in the DoA, would it be like stealing her work to make a profit? Anyway, next month - if ya'll can wait that long, lol, I'll go down to the craft store and get some pretty papers and what not. And more stamps and different stamp paint pads (no idea what those are called).
So far they will just be blank inside, like journals until I can figure out how to get some mini printed books.
$4 - 1 book
$7 - 2 books
$11 - 3 books
...and so on a so forth.

Anyway, before I make any sales - answer me this - is it ethical?

Thanks All! :)

EDIT - Sorry guys - excuse my math! That was an accident, I promise. Hopefully it has been fixed.

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[info]zagzagael
2008-03-18 03:44 pm UTC (link)
I would be very, very interested in purchasing. Your books are wonderful and your prices fair. As to the ethical component - is the person who posted the tutorial selling these books? If not, then it should be fine. You might want to pm her? Or make a slight change to your books from her pattern....

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[info]tubbysnuggles
2008-03-18 04:26 pm UTC (link)
personally I don't see a problem. you're designing your own covers... you are choosing the paper for the outside.

i'd be interested!!

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[info]evil_and_ennui
2008-03-18 04:27 pm UTC (link)
Did the tutorial say anything about it? I know sometimes there's a disclaimer saying something to the effect of "don't profit off my work" or "I don't care what you do". Selling something straight from a tutorial, to me, teeters on the ethical line a little bit. But, on the other hand, there are always people who don't have the time/ability to follow a tutorial and would be glad to buy, and the more you do to make it your own style/embellish the better.

Though I do have a question about the pricing. Why is the best deal at 2 books? Usually the price break is at the bigger quantities encouraging people to buy more. Not trying to be rude and you can of course price your own stuff as you see fit, but the scale seemed odd to me. ^_^;

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[info]denaliwind
2008-03-18 05:42 pm UTC (link)
Thanks - I made a mathmatical error. >.

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[info]sedens
2008-03-18 04:48 pm UTC (link)
I would say, along with Zag . . . ask the person who wrote the tutorial! If she doesn't mind your selling books you've made, then you're good to go. If she does mind, well, it's good to know that now, rather than later.

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[info]lunameth
2008-03-18 05:12 pm UTC (link)
Ask her if it's going to be a problem, but personally I don't see anything wrong with it, especially if you credit her original tutorial.

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[info]vioo
2008-03-18 05:14 pm UTC (link)
The prices are very reasonable.
Though, isn't 3x4=12?
You wrote that three books would be 15USD, but that would mean that you have to pay 3USD more than buying three books individually. . . ?

Or did I simply miss something?

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[info]denaliwind
2008-03-18 05:40 pm UTC (link)
OH NO!!! BAD Math on my part, lol. >.

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[info]the_trump
2008-03-18 05:51 pm UTC (link)
It's true that you learned how to make the books of the post in DOA, but people have been making handmade books throughout history, of all different sizes. There's no patent on how to do it, I don't think it's unethical at all. There's tutorials up and down the internet, it's not proprietary knowledge!

If she was making books of a particular niche or genre for dolls, and then you saw hers and did the same thing to sell, that might be a bit rude. But just blank books in doll size, there's nothing wrong with that in my opinion. :)

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[info]anjelchan
2008-03-18 06:01 pm UTC (link)
Unless the person told you it was secret (which would defeat the purpose of putting up a thread about it), I fail to see how using a skill you acquired would be wrong. You have to learn skills to do a job, I fail to see how this is different.

Also, those books are cute.

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[info]keiki_boys
2008-03-18 09:38 pm UTC (link)
All my boys want journals! When you're ready sign me up for at least 6.

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[info]lovelessbird
2008-03-18 10:58 pm UTC (link)
I say you should go for it. Some people would rather buy then actually make themselves(there are many none crafty people in this craft) And I think your prices are more then reasonable

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[info]rosettanettle
2008-03-19 03:57 am UTC (link)
Maybe I exist in an ethical vacuum, but I've always considered tutorials to fall in the same category as any other instructional material available to the general public, like how-to books, classes, instructional tv shows/videos, etc. I've never regarded instructions in techniques as being Super Secret Proprietary Information.

The only thing that differentiates the tutorial from the techniques I learned in any of my bookbinding classes is the use of a glued binding--all my classes focused on sewn bindings. (Now I need to try sewn bindings in doll scale to see if there's some reason why they wouldn't work.)

FYI, for books on (sewn) bookbinding techniques, look for Keith Smith's books. There's a series of three that I'm forgetting the exact titles of (and am being a bit too lazy to walk to the other room to look up) but I can look them up for you, if you're interested. They're great.

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