Haynes Saxophone Manual - an update

[Stephen Howard]

I have today had a confirmation letter from Haynes informing me that the "Rights Reversion" for the sax and clarinet manuals has gone through.
What this means is that all rights to the books are back in my hands. I'm in the process of establishing precisely what that means with regards to re-publishing the sax manual - and so far it appears that as long as I don't use any Haynes branding or the handful of photos that I don't have the rights to, I should be able to publish the manual pretty much as-is.
It's slightly complicated in that the layout is their copyright, so I'm seeking clarification as to what that means. The very last thing I want to do is publish the manual and then get sued!

I also have the opportunity to purchase the 'films' of the book - which are essentially the digital files used with Adobe InDesign to lay out the books. Doing so would pretty much be essential, I feel.

If it turns out that it's as simple as changing the covers and a couple of pages, it shouldn't be too difficult to get the book back into production. If it's more complex than that it's going to take some time to rearrange everything.
I also need to consider whether it's worth changing any of the content. For example, I feel the book's strength lies in its coverage of maintenance and repair - and that the first few chapters on choosing and buying a horn are largely redundant.

Anyway, exciting news! It brings me a very large step closer to getting the sax manual back out there.

 

[JamesOxford]

That's great news @Stephen Howard .

 

[mizmar]

Excellent!

I was wondering if it might not be worth considering something like crowdfunding it's republication? Between the Cafe and SOTW one could raise a good few supporters.

 

[dreadnet]

Well done. Cherishing my signed 2014 edition

 

[dreadnet]

If you need a version of adobe CS4 let me know.

 

[eb424]

That was sax manual right...just checkibg films etc..lol..good luck with the republication...

 

[Jeanette]

But that means the value will drop!!!

Seriously, great news 🙂

Jx

 

[PigSquealer]

Great news. Lots of producing options going forward. Print on demand or digital books are looking like the market now. Big paper shortages at the moment. Not going away anytime soon.
Best of good fortune.

 

[Gadcheto]

Very good news!!
I’m looking for your book a lot of time. I’m going to wait for your new project.
Congratulations!

 

[Jimmymack]

But that means the value will drop!!!

Seriously, great news 🙂

Jx

You will have a first edition so the value of your copy will rocket.

 

[thomsax]

That's good news. I don't have the book. I did some teaching/instruction books (cooking). A book is nice but can be very impractical if you have the book on the table when you work. A folder with plastic coverd sheets is better.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Excellent!

I was wondering if it might not be worth considering something like crowdfunding it's republication? Between the Cafe and SOTW one could raise a good few supporters.

I'm not sure it'll be needed. If I don't have to tweak the book too much it's really just about print run costs - and they can be kept quite low initially with a limited run...which then funds the next (larger) one.

 

[Stephen Howard]

If you need a version of adobe CS4 let me know.

I've got CS5...but went back to CS3 as I found it easier to work with.
Looks like I'll need InDesign - but that's available on subscription for £20 a month.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Great news. Lots of producing options going forward. Print on demand or digital books are looking like the market now. Big paper shortages at the moment. Not going away anytime soon.
Best of good fortune.

Yep, I'm gonna look into the options in detail once I have a viable product in hand.

 

[Stephen Howard]

That's good news. I don't have the book. I did some teaching/instruction books (cooking). A book is nice but can be very impractical if you have the book on the table when you work. A folder with plastic coverd sheets is better.

That's something else I want to consider - producing it as a ring-bound manual. That said, my experience of them thus far is that the pages always end up dropping out.

 

[Phil]

Very cool news for the sax world...not for me though 🙂

I dont mess with things that have moving parts. I leave that to the pros!

Best of luck in the endeavor. Im sure it will go well.

 

[thomsax]

That's something else I want to consider - producing it as a ring-bound manual. That said, my experience of them thus far is that the pages always end up dropping out.

I controlled the whole process. I wrote it myself. printed it out in lazer/photo printer, laminerade the sheets .... The users liked it because they didn't had to buy a new book beacuse of some pages were worn out ..... and when I wanted to add som new or old information/pages I just sold the new pages. Lets say you want to cover the old way to melt shellac and use shellack for pads, cork and felts.😉 You just send out the news that your "book" is now even more "exhaustive". Just buy 3 more pages .... ?

 

[Phil]

I have not seen it but in the digital age VS the old method I bet you can add to the manual and make better photos from your work. Of course that only matters if you want to significantly deviate from the original. Your new pages could have something like a colored tab that marks "Howard additions".

 

[Digger2054]

Interesting read, I've heard of the Haynes Manual.

I can recommend a good quality, and affordable printer of perfect bound, paperback books of you're looking to self publish.

We used them for a customer who self published a book about a motorcycle restoration.

 

[eb424]

Digital downloads tho..you could just sell relevant chapters