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As the author and self-publisher of a science-hobby book titled “Amateur Rocket Motor Construction”, I’ve become deeply concerned about the issue of copyright violation.

Published in 2004, my book has been in print for 3 years, and for a “niche” book, sales are strong and steady. If you Google the title, you’ll get maybe 2,000 hits. I have numerous retailers selling it on the Internet, and there are some good reviews on Amazon.com.

This book was far more than just a writing project. I developed an entirely new way of making small, solid fuel rocket motors with simple hand-tools and readily available materials, thus making the construction of these motors accessible to science hobbyists and the general public.

In the process, I personally developed and tested the rocket fuel formulas, the motor designs, the homemade test equipment, and the tooling (I have a machine shop). I did all the writing, photography (a Canon 10-D with Photoshop Lite), the drawings (Design-Cad) and even the typesetting (Adobe Pagemaker), and the only things I jobbed-out were the cover art and tha actual printing.

It was a one-man project, it took 8 years, and out-of-pocket, I spent about $80,000.

At the age of 61, I’m now relying on book sales to recover my costs and provide me with a supplemental income, so I think I’m a prime example of someone who might be SEVERLY injured were the book to become available for free on the Internet.

Of course I’d like to increase sales, so I’ve become interested in Amazon’s “Search Inside” program, but I have the following concerns.

1. By joining the program, I’d give Amazon the right to make a digital copy of the entire book, and electronically publish selected pages that THEY chose to publish (I have NO control). By periodically changing the chosen pages, THEORETICALLY they might eventually publish all or most of the pages in digital format, and a patient person could eventually accumulate the entire book in digital format.

2. The only digital copies of my book CURRENTLY in existence are in a safe-deposit box at my bank, and an equivalent “lock-up” at the company that printed the book.

If I let Amazon make a digital copy, I have to trust them to guard it securely, and how good IS their security? I’d hate to hear on Fox News that a disgruntled employee has hacked into their data base and stolen digital copies of all the books in their “Search Inside” program. In today’s world, this is a REAL possibility, the only question possibly being not “if”, but “when”.

3. If the book WERE to be digitized and stolen, how would it effect my sales; my bottom line? The main factor in this regard might be its size, because at 8-1/2″ x 11″ x 1″ thick with 528 pages, it’s BIG.

It would be inconvenient to read a book that size on a coputer screen, and printing a copy would take a ream of paper and a considerable amount of time. The book currently retails for $29.95 (I might increase it to $34.95), and at THAT price, considering the trouble and expense of making a copy, potential thiefs might opt to just buy the damn thing.

4. Does Amazon’s “Search Inside” program WORK? Will it increase my sales? In this regard, I’d like to hear about the experiences of authors and publishers who have joined the “Search Inside” program, Is the program working for YOU, and has it proven to be worth the risks I mentioned above? My thanks in advance for any helpful advice you can provide.

David Sleeter

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On another note regarding Copyright, I fall on the side of the purists who read the Founding Fathers intent that the living author and his estate should benefit for a reasonable time. In this way, commerce could be magnified and extended by different brains at work on that one idea. “There is nothing new under the sun.” The Founders considered ideas as gifts from the Creator. That creator made zillions of us, so I think community is key; rootword “commune”– can be construed as sharing– helping hands, bread… ideas.

Bob, skillful as you are, your blog isn’t holy writ and was never meant to be owned. Your ideas are standing on the shoulders of those before you.

Disney– who bases its fortunes on works made from the old “Public Domain” provisions– has succeeded in perverting an original idea in this country with a legal ruling suiting their lust for ever more riches. I think lust is more damaging to “community” than your description of “thievery.” The provision of “Fair Use” is deliberately indistinct– the degree of sharing depends on the reasons for borrowing an idea. Heck, Bob, I’ve made money on a loose brag of yours, and I don’t download anything you write. Keep up the good word. There are many standing on your shoulders, whether you materially profit from it or not. There’s plenty to go around, or is your god so small as to be petty?

Stanford has a helpful “Is it fair use?” page.