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#1

Hi,

I've found a bilingual plain text copy of Wizard of Oz and have set up the individual chapters, right page/left page with chapter headings. I found the illustrations as well and will print them separately in color and just insert them as right pages.

But how do I put all the individual chapters together to make the book?

All the chapters begin with a right hand page. I thought I could just insert each chapter, add a blank left page if need be... although I thought LibreOffice might be smart enough to put a left page betwen two right pages... until I was finished.

If I insert the files into a new file LibreOffice gets stupid and tries to use the style settings from Chapter 1 for the whole book... it looks like.

I tried inserting the chapters as so-called sections, but LibreOffice got stupid again and used its own idea of style to format the thing.

Any help appreciated.

#2

What you need to do is use Master Documents. The Writer Guide
contains a chapter on this topic. Link to this guide below:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications.
     (FYI: The Writer Guide was written in chapters which were then
combined using Master Documents.)

#3

What you need to do is use Master Documents. The Writer Guide
contains a chapter on this topic. Link to this guide below:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications.
     (FYI: The Writer Guide was written in chapters which were then
combined using Master Documents.)

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
At a guess "The Wizard of Oz" is copyrighted by some fairly hefty people that wouldn't like to see copies of the story floating around unless they got paid for each copy!  I'm not even sure they would accept a single "private use" copy.  So, i think this list has to officially assume that you were just using that name as an example to give us a rough idea of the sort of size project you are dealing with :wink:

Many of us are far more familiar with copyleft agreements that aim to help people share and spread ideas and knowledge rather than to try to contain and cage it to prevent people from learning things.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

Tom wrote:

Many of us are far more familiar with copyleft agreements that aim to
help people share and spread ideas and knowledge rather than to try to
contain and cage it to prevent people from learning things.

That is a most ill-considered and sweeping statement. Copyright exists
primarily to protect the livelihood of creators and to prevent their
work being stolen. It has been used also to enrich publishing and
recording companies, but it remains the only way in which musicians,
writers and artists can get paid for their work. Writers (for example)
who retain the copyright in their work are not seeking to “prevent
people from learning things” but to earn a livelihood.

There is a need for a debate (not here!) about the different rights of
creators and distributors, but sweeping facile statements don’t help.

#6

Yeah, That's me. The text is by L Frank Baum and the pictures are by WW Denslow and I got 'em from Gutenberg and Hollywood and the rest of the parasites who've glommed onto the creations of these men and others like them and who now claim to own other peoples' intellectual property can drop dead as far as I'm concerned. There's no question in my mind who the criminals are.

#7

Tom Davies wrote:

At a guess "The Wizard of Oz" is copyrighted by some fairly hefty people that wouldn't like to see copies of the story floating around unless they got paid for each copy! I'm not even sure they would accept a single "private use" copy. So, i think this list has to officially assume that you were just using that name as an example to give us a rough idea of the sort of size project you are dealing with;)

While I can't say about Wiz of Oz, books eventually fall out of copyright. Since it was first published in 1900, it's likely the copyright on the original story has long since expired. However, publishers may have copyrights on their book version, but not the basic story.

BTW, I just checked the Project Gutenberg site and found a few versions of this story. Project Gutenberg has a lot of books that are out of copyright or never were copyright. Here's what that site says:

"The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net"

#8

Following up with "The Wizard of Oz"; I found an edition on Amazon that has copyrighted illustrations and endnotes but not the original text. The illustrations and endnotes were prepared for this edition. Publishers will reissue classics that are public domain with either new material or updated spelling and punctuation that allows them to claim a copyright on the new material. The original work is public domain but the newer additions/edits/corrections are not.

When dealing with copyrights, you can have the situation were there are several different applicable copyrights for a specific edition. The scope of each copyright should be noted - what is specifically covered, date, and owner.

#9

While I can't say about Wiz of Oz, books eventually fall out of
copyright. Since it was first published in 1900, it's likely the
copyright on the original story has long since expired. However,

Copyright generally lasts for a hundred years now, so it is out of copyright,
but not long since.

Mark Stanton
One small step for mankind...

#10

Thanks. I'll get on it. I'm going to unsubscribe to the list... it's too much traffic. If I need more help, I'll re-subscribe. Thanks again.