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Tangst... published? In something legitimate?

Yesterday, I got an email requesting permission to publish excerpts of Tangst in a book on American culture. The purpose of the book is to expose Japanese students to contemporary American culture through the use of blogs. Everything would be translated, with the original English on the same page. Tangst would be a part of the short-entry genre. Only about 600 words would be needed.

Here's the email I got from one of the editors of the book.

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I am Dan Waldhoff, an English language editor working on a book to be published in Japan for students of contemporary English and American culture. I have found your writing on the web to be very interesting and would like your permission to include portions of it in a book on which we are presently working.

The working title of the book is “Journals of Thirty Americans Volume 2” and the anticipated publication date is March 2007. The book will contain several blog entries from 30 writers from various locations and demographics. We hope to show the Japanese reader a view of ordinary life in the USAEnglish-speaking countries and the use of English in everyday circumstances.

I’ll check with you to see if what I have chosen is acceptable to you. A Japanese translation of your writing will be included in the book along with the original English. You can view a sample of the first book, “Journals of Thirty Americans” at:

http://www.kosaido-pub.jp/longseller/index.html

Listed on Amazon Japan at:

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/4331510506/503-4518350-4467123?ie=UTF8&language=en%5FJP

These are both in Japanese only, so I have attached .jpg copies of pages for you to look over.

If the terms and conditions for the use of parts of your blog as described below are acceptable to you, please complete the section that follows and return to me by reply email with this text as part of the message by the end of November, 2006. Please include only the personal information that you want to have published in the book text and add, “I accept” at the end of the message. (Please accept our apologies in advance if we were unable to include parts of your blog in the Book despite that you reply to us with acceptance, which may happen for editorial reasons.)

Terms and conditions:
• We will use your blog entries only in the book “Journals of Thirty Americans Volume 2” (present working title, title might change) and nowhere else.
• We will use only text sections and will not use photographs or illustrations.
• Kosaido Publishing Co. will retain the copyrights to the Japanese text to be included in the Book.
• Your email address and website address will not be included in the Book unless otherwise requested by you.
• The inclusion of your blog entries in the Book is completely free of charge - there will be no charge or fee whatsoever.
• There will be no payment or remuneration whatsoever payable to you.
• Upon completion of the Book, we will send you one complimentary copy. (Mail may take at least a month.)

Your real name. (This will not be disclosed)
Name you wish to use in the Book. (You may choose the name by which you are identified in the Book.)
Age: (If you are under 18, please ask your parent or guardian to read this letter and write “I accept” with his/her name.)
Sex: (This information is not meant to be discriminatory but to assist the Japanese reader in understanding.)
Address (This will not be disclosed. This is only for mailing a complimentary copy of the Book.)
Profession:
State of residence:
Email address or web site address: (Only if you want them published.)


Thank you,

Dan Waldhoff, English editor
Sengen 1-5-1-203
Tsukuba 305-0047
Japan
(dwaldhoff@gmail.com)

Person in charge at Kosaido Publishing Co.
Takehito Ito, Director
Kosaido Publishing Co. website: http//www.kosaido-pub.co.jp
Address: Kosaido Building, 3-7-6, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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I was wondering what everyone thought of this and whether or not we should do it. I already sent a reply saying I was interested in it, but that I needed to consult with the community (we're past the point of unilateral decisions). Please leave any questions or comments you have. I'd love to get as much feedback as possible.

P.S. If anyone wants to see the book excerpts he sent as jpgs, just send me an email (sith88@gmail.com or my.tangst@gmail.com) with "jps?" or "book excerpts?" or "excerpts?" in the subject line. Something like that.

Edit: He sent a reply to my email about notifying Tangsters. He wanted everyone to know that the first book sold about 5,000 copies. Not a large number considering a population of 300,000,000 in Japan ("manga and popular fiction sell many, many times more").

Application Deadlines

So I know I totally missed that two weeks idea of when the chaos of life would end, but I think everything has slowed down a bit now, and the process of finding new administrators is ready to begin.

Since all of the current Tangst admins are seniors, come June, we will all be graduating. This means, of course, college in the fall. As Tangst has been run as a primarily Enloe-based website, we have decided that new admins are a necessary feature to keep current with that kind of news and event happenings. In addition, new admins are needed because, as mentioned previously, we are all ridiculously busy.

Hopefully, we'll be able to stick with this schedule for the entire duration of the application process. If anything changes, we'll be sure to let everyone know, via this blog (and in the later stages, via email).

Application Deadlines Calendar:

• Nov. 14-22, Application Creation, Part 1 - Current administrators and contributors work on making application questions.
  
• Nov. 23-30, Application Creation, Part 2 - Administrators compile application questions to create a final application for release and distribution.
  
• Dec. 1, Application Release - The formalized application is sent to all relevant parties and posted on The Official Tangst Blog for public viewing.
  
• Dec. 24, General Application Deadline - All applications for administrative positions are due.
  
• Sometime Dec. 26-30, Decisions Meeting - As many current admins as possible will review the applications and give yes/no decisions.
  
• Jan. 1, Decisions Release - All decisions regarding new admins will be released and emailed.
  
• Jan. 15, Accept/Decline Deadline - All positions must be accepted or declined.

Everything will be posted here (on the blog). Deadline notices will be posted on Tangst between 3 and 5 days approaching.

Any questions regarding admins, the application process, etc, should be emailed to my.tangst@gmail.com.

If you are interested in receiving a blank copy of the application, please send an email to the above address with "Application Request" in the subject line and your name and email address in the body of the message. The application will be sent as soon as it is finished.