Does Anyone Know What's Going on with Notes from the Gean?

[sandra]

Thanks Stewart and Lorin, good work. I shall get in touch with Carole directly.

All the best,
Sandra

[Lorin Ford]

Hi Alan,
             I have contacted Carole. As I understand the situation, you also have the pdf of 'Nothing but the Wind'.

I did read through it on Calemeo (and it explained the batch of postcards John sent me with the Hiroshige print & the ku " if this were the desert/ you would be a camel/ Master Horse!")

It is a great shame that this work, which John had expected to be free to the public for quite some time, has been withdrawn without proper notice. If Gean Tree Press has been dissolved, then there is no reason I can see why the pdf of a book the author intended to be read freely cannot be shared.

- Lorin

[AlanSummers]

Hi Lorin, and all others seeking a copy of the book. 

In fact, the book format/pdf copyright for "Nothing but the Wind" still remains with Colin Stewart Jones as owner of the Gean Tree Press that was, and editor/publisher of the book. 

I do not have the rights to pass on the book without his permission, but for those who want a download, I suggest contacting Colin.  He's still registered with the Haiku Foundation, and even if he's not checking in to the site at the moment, I believe he will receive an email notification of the message.

Logged in Haiku Foundation registered members can click here to send a message:
http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/forum_sm/index.php?topic=2548.0

If people don't manage to get hold of Colin through the above, or other means, can we review the situation in three or four weeks?  Then there's a case for asking John's family's permission in lieu, having seriously tried to get hold of the collection copyright owner.

(Individual poems - outside the book order of poems in Nothing but the Wind - are of course owned by the Estate of John Carley).

I'm sure John Carley's family will be glad to hear of people's interest in his work.  I would love the book to be available to everybody, but I think we have to go through the proper permissions.  I don't know for instance, whether Colin Stewart Jones and the family have already been in touch over his poetic legacy and discussing plans for its availability.

Sorry not to be of immediate help, but I feel sure it will work out.

Here's a bit more info for those who are keen to find out about John and his work:

John Carley, 1955-2013
John Carley died on New Year's Eve, December 31st 2013, and his funeral was at Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, on Friday 10th January 2014.

There is a forthcoming book about John Carley's work:

Renku Reckoner by John Carley
http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/index.php/updates/renku-reckoner-by-john-carley/

I believe that once the book is published work will also start on a website [ http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/forum_sm/index.php?topic=2548.0 ] dedicated to John Carley's poetry, and that all participants will be contacted regarding copyrights.  Official announcements will be made some time after the Renku Reckoner book is published.

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Hi Alan,
             I have contacted Carole. As I understand the situation, you also have the pdf of 'Nothing but the Wind'.

I did read through it on Calemeo (and it explained the batch of postcards John sent me with the Hiroshige print & the ku " if this were the desert/ you would be a camel/ Master Horse!")

It is a great shame that this work, which John had expected to be free to the public for quite some time, has been withdrawn without proper notice. If Gean Tree Press has been dissolved, then there is no reason I can see why the pdf of a book the author intended to be read freely cannot be shared.

- Lorin

[Lorin Ford]

"I do not have the rights to pass on the book without his permission, but for those who want a download, I suggest contacting Colin. "

Sensible advice, Alan.

"If people don't manage to get hold of Colin through the above, or other means, can we review the situation in three or four weeks?  Then there's a case for asking John's family's permission in lieu, having seriously tried to get hold of the collection copyright owner. "

Yes. I think you'll probably find that there's been a breach of contract, or of implied contract, on CSJ's part by his making people's e-books unavailable without proper notice. This is something for each affected author (or literary executor) to look into.

- Lorin

[Don Baird]

http://notesfromthegean.com/books.html

[Stewart Baker]

Seánan just notified me that all the GTP books are back on the website: http://notesfromthegean.com/books.html

[colin stewart jones]

I find this distasteful and disgraceful

all FORMER editors of NftG have my personal email

anyone of you could easily have contacted me
you still send me notices of when you new mags come out!

btw there has been no breach of contract by me .. I simply moved the site from one domain to another
I could no longer afford to host 2

and all books which Gean Tree Press has copyright for must be properly cited and credited when used for any purpose
Alan is right my work is meant to be read online and not passed around...

btw for the record I have no control of The British Library

Also for the record I founded Gean Tree Press and Notes from the Gean ..look up "gean" and see if it is an Australian word or a Scottish one...

and also for the record, much to my subsequent regret, I did invite Lorin Ford to be my haiku editor
but all she founded was dischord, which can obviously be seen by the departure, in less than a year, of the original Gean Team she took with her to gourds...

Lorin be careful with your aspersions

I not only hold copyright to Gean Tree Press but I have also filed all correspondences for and future use

col

[JohnH]

I have tried many times to log into the NTFG website, all to no avail. The new links take me to a list of tree surgeons or nurseries. Is NTFG still active?

[Vida]

I have tried many times to log into the NTFG website, all to no avail. The new links take me to a list of tree surgeons or nurseries. Is NTFG still active?

Try this link:
http://notesfromthegean.com/index.html

books:
http://notesfromthegean.com/books.html

magazines:
http://notesfromthegean.com/mags.html

--Vida

[AlanSummers]

The Notes from the Gean back catalog:
https://geantreepress.com/catalog