Copyright Questions for Family Recipe Cookbook Creators
Buyer beware. I have said this often about cookbook publishers. One is there
a monthly fee that can add cost to the production of your cookbook. Then once
the book is printed who owns the rights to your work. Many publishers own
the rights to all your recipes. But each of you has to make your own decisions
to meet your needs but read the fine print carefully so you can make the best
decision. Information is king.
Hp has one page format for recipes that you print on your own computer, it is free.
Microsoft has two formats for cookbooks but they are in word and can be a
bit temperamental on page formatting, they too are free. I discussed my adventure with my cookie cookbook over the holidays. Finally, you can purchase a cd from the cookbook people to create it a cookbook on your computer. They have done many up grades since I purchased my copy four years ago. What all these things have in common is they give you the freedom to print on your own computer so you have no monthly fee or worry about copyright for your recipes and cookbook. They all allow you to add as many stories as you want too and as you know that is what I think getsyour cookbook read.
Recently on the Associations of Personal Historians (www.personalhistorians.org ) private listserv there we some conversations about using Heritage Makers for books. I asked Nancy Barnes if I could share her post so that you can see even professional wrestle with this question. She graciously said, "yes" and here it is:
I interviewed a Heritage Makers rep not long ago. I was trying to see if it was something I could use for my clients. They have an online drag-n-drop interface for DIY book design. It seems to be attractive to digital scrapbookers, but there are definitely downsides. It is a subscription service, designed to extract monthly fees. Heritage makers "owns" the digital content. In fact, the page designs have been drawn from HM users, which is nice I suppose if you wish to share your creative work, but it is not something you can opt out of.
The appeal for buyers is the book printing. The books looked pretty good, from what I saw, with full color interior, etc. Regular customers pay a pretty high price for them, while the"consultants" get a price break on printing.
I for one would not be interested in this, as I am disturbed by the rights issue, which I don't feel is appropriate for private publishing. And although they have convenient and cute prepackaged page layouts, they are not set up for control of text layout. I can produce far more professional work in InDesign.
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a monthly fee that can add cost to the production of your cookbook. Then once
the book is printed who owns the rights to your work. Many publishers own
the rights to all your recipes. But each of you has to make your own decisions
to meet your needs but read the fine print carefully so you can make the best
decision. Information is king.
Hp has one page format for recipes that you print on your own computer, it is free.
Microsoft has two formats for cookbooks but they are in word and can be a
bit temperamental on page formatting, they too are free. I discussed my adventure with my cookie cookbook over the holidays. Finally, you can purchase a cd from the cookbook people to create it a cookbook on your computer. They have done many up grades since I purchased my copy four years ago. What all these things have in common is they give you the freedom to print on your own computer so you have no monthly fee or worry about copyright for your recipes and cookbook. They all allow you to add as many stories as you want too and as you know that is what I think getsyour cookbook read.
Recently on the Associations of Personal Historians (www.personalhistorians.org ) private listserv there we some conversations about using Heritage Makers for books. I asked Nancy Barnes if I could share her post so that you can see even professional wrestle with this question. She graciously said, "yes" and here it is:
I interviewed a Heritage Makers rep not long ago. I was trying to see if it was something I could use for my clients. They have an online drag-n-drop interface for DIY book design. It seems to be attractive to digital scrapbookers, but there are definitely downsides. It is a subscription service, designed to extract monthly fees. Heritage makers "owns" the digital content. In fact, the page designs have been drawn from HM users, which is nice I suppose if you wish to share your creative work, but it is not something you can opt out of.
The appeal for buyers is the book printing. The books looked pretty good, from what I saw, with full color interior, etc. Regular customers pay a pretty high price for them, while the"consultants" get a price break on printing.
I for one would not be interested in this, as I am disturbed by the rights issue, which I don't feel is appropriate for private publishing. And although they have convenient and cute prepackaged page layouts, they are not set up for control of text layout. I can produce far more professional work in InDesign.
-- Nancy Barnes
Posted by Hella at 2/17/2011 9:55 AM 
Categories: Add Hints in Your Cookbook
Tags: cookbook creation cookbook templates cookbook writing
Categories: Add Hints in Your Cookbook
Tags: cookbook creation cookbook templates cookbook writing
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