Terrific article in the New York Times about how Roman and Greek authors went about getting their works into the public marketplace. (Thanks to Wayne Christeson for forwarding this to me!)
The article opens:
“My book is thumbed by our soldiers posted overseas, and even in Britain people quote my words. What’s the point? I don’t make a penny from it.” This is not the complaint of some young American author who has suddenly discovered that his contract pays him nothing for foreign sales. These are the words of the Roman poet Martial, first-century satirist and defender of authors’ rights.
Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/books/review/Beard-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&8bu&emc=bub1
The article opens:
“My book is thumbed by our soldiers posted overseas, and even in Britain people quote my words. What’s the point? I don’t make a penny from it.” This is not the complaint of some young American author who has suddenly discovered that his contract pays him nothing for foreign sales. These are the words of the Roman poet Martial, first-century satirist and defender of authors’ rights.
Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/books/review/Beard-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&8bu&emc=bub1
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