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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The cost of publishing plays in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> is
shocking!! Are there similar costs in staging foreign plays? Am I not right in
thinking that the cost of obtaining an ISBN number in <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place> is minimal? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Louise Forsyth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Canadian Theatre Reserach [mailto:CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>??<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> January 14, 2008 18:19<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> difficulties in
publishing plays</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yes,
it's quite important to publish plays. I think this is also true in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. But
perhaps you don't know how difficult to publish a play in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The most
difficult part is the cost barrier.As you know, every book must have an
ISBN,right? But publishers will usually charge the author about 2000 US$ for
that number (it's not cheap in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>).
Together with some other charges like 'editing fee(700 us$)', printing
fee(starting from mim of 2000 copies in general so of 2700-3000 us$), the total
publishing fee for a</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></font>play of 200,000 words
will reach up to 5400-6000 us$). Probably the publisher will say 'This kind of
stuff will not sell well in the market and so you will almost publish
yourself--, that is, you pay all the fee. I feel sad about this. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You
may ask "Why could not you get support from the government? from the
university?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Well,
that seems to be a good idea. But not in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. If you know how many
routines you have to go through and how many people you have to</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></font>beg
for a drop of water, you will mostly just give up trying!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>And
I am not adding royalties here.!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>How
much does it cost to publish a play in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If I
can solve this problem,</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></font>I will be more
willing to translate and introduce Canadian plays to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>....<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dachuan
Lu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>School
of Foreign Languages<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Beijing</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Aeronautics
and Astronautics<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>100083,
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beijing</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:dclu@yeah.net">dclu@yeah.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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