Comments on: Crowdsourcing Irish Grannies – Send in your recipes http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eoin Purcell http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-601198 Eoin Purcell Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:57:37 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-601198 Hello Rahood, The charitable donation is not so much because the book is in aid of a charity as it is to reassure contributors that we value their time and effort in taking part. It was more to make clear that while we were crowd sourcing material, Mercier will make nothing extra by doing so. I should have made that clearer from the beginning in my initial statements. Feel free to get in touch if you have any queries! Eoin Hello Rahood,

The charitable donation is not so much because the book is in aid of a charity as it is to reassure contributors that we value their time and effort in taking part. It was more to make clear that while we were crowd sourcing material, Mercier will make nothing extra by doing so.

I should have made that clearer from the beginning in my initial statements.

Feel free to get in touch if you have any queries!

Eoin

]]> By: Rahood http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-596061 Rahood Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:57:58 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-596061 "Instead of paying an author royalty the royalty fee is going to a charity." I'd like to see you do it @ cost to be honest. I'm still a little taken aback having only just realized just how little my charity of choice made from the box of Christmas Cards I purchased in good faith. “Instead of paying an author royalty the royalty fee is going to a charity.”

I’d like to see you do it @ cost to be honest. I’m still a little taken aback having only just realized just how little my charity of choice made from the box of Christmas Cards I purchased in good faith.

]]> By: elly parker http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-594366 elly parker Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:31:56 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-594366 As an update, Eoin from Mercier stopped by grannymar's blog and left a comment stating that €1 per book sold will be donated to Age Action Ireland, which I think is a very generous percentage. See post here for details: http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/06/grannies-and-cooking/ As an update, Eoin from Mercier stopped by grannymar’s blog and left a comment stating that €1 per book sold will be donated to Age Action Ireland, which I think is a very generous percentage.
See post here for details: http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/06/grannies-and-cooking/

]]> By: Eoin Purcell http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-594152 Eoin Purcell Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:26:54 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-594152 Hello Grannymar, I have updated the site with the actual figure €1 per book sold which averages around 12.5-15% depending on discount. the general idea is to ensure contributors don't feel exactly the way you expressed, like we have taken them for a ride. Instead of paying an author royalty the royalty fee is going to a charity. I hope you'll agree that's a fair compromise. One way or the other feel free to drop me a line about it if you have any more questions. Eoin Hello Grannymar,

I have updated the site with the actual figure €1 per book sold which averages around 12.5-15% depending on discount.

the general idea is to ensure contributors don’t feel exactly the way you expressed, like we have taken them for a ride. Instead of paying an author royalty the royalty fee is going to a charity. I hope you’ll agree that’s a fair compromise. One way or the other feel free to drop me a line about it if you have any more questions.

Eoin

]]> By: Roy (irish taxi) http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-593617 Roy (irish taxi) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:16:54 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-593617 errrrrrr I think they'd be gone off, they've both been dead for over 50 years, aren't we s'posed to love our grannies? errrrrrr I think they’d be gone off, they’ve both been dead for over 50 years, aren’t we s’posed to love our grannies?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-593573 Grannymar Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:55:18 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-593573 If you need a home cured granny, I'm here! ;) As Adam says I would like to know an actual figure on the royalties they will give to Age Action Ireland per book sold. I was ready to offer a recipe but stopped for this very reason. Eoin & Co get credit for a book with the free input of the generous public. For me it is like News programmes asking the public to phone in with news as it happens. I thought that is what the journalists on massive expenses were paid for! If you need a home cured granny, I’m here! ;)

As Adam says I would like to know an actual figure on the royalties they will give to Age Action Ireland per book sold.

I was ready to offer a recipe but stopped for this very reason.

Eoin & Co get credit for a book with the free input of the generous public. For me it is like News programmes asking the public to phone in with news as it happens. I thought that is what the journalists on massive expenses were paid for!

]]> By: Niall O'K http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-593567 Niall O'K Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:52:30 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-593567 They'd be a bit tough, surely... They’d be a bit tough, surely…

]]> By: Adam http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-593482 Adam Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:08:54 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-593482 You want to roast grannies, Branedy? Whatever floats your boat, I guess...! You want to roast grannies, Branedy?

Whatever floats your boat, I guess…!

]]> By: Eoin Purcell http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-593450 Eoin Purcell Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:51:05 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-593450 By the way Damien, Thanks for the link! Eoin By the way Damien,

Thanks for the link!
Eoin

]]> By: Eoin Purcell http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-593429 Eoin Purcell Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:37:55 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/02/06/crowdsourcing-irish-grannies-send-in-your-recipes/#comment-593429 Hello Adam and everyone else! We have been discussing whether or not to put the royalty up nternally over the last few days. We decided to go live without saying the exact figure but we are considering putting the exact figure up early next week, following feedback from a few people. For the record, the figure is set in stone and won't change! All the best Eoin Purcell Commissioning Editor Mercier Press Hello Adam and everyone else!

We have been discussing whether or not to put the royalty up nternally over the last few days.

We decided to go live without saying the exact figure but we are considering putting the exact figure up early next week, following feedback from a few people.

For the record, the figure is set in stone and won’t change!

All the best
Eoin Purcell
Commissioning Editor
Mercier Press

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