Bonnie Lawton Freibergs
<https://www.facebook.com/bonnie.lawtonfreibergs?fref=ufi> "Yes Drew, Andrew,
over 2 beyond full-time years, did the designs & illustrations, layout and
editing and worked with with Reny and Francis Mollison in pulling the project
together with Bill Mollison himself." - Sorry that's not true Darren J.
Doherty <https://www.facebook.com/DarrenJDoherty?hc_location=ufi>. Andrew did
some of the illustrations yes, but not everything. He did not do the cover,
for example, and he was paid very well for the work he did do (two years with
full time rate of pay) and that information comes directly from Bill and Lisa
OR you could just flip the book open and check the publishing information =
COVER ARTWORK: CAROLYN WATSON-PAUL. It's a real shame you feel the need to
put down the man that started a movement you now depend on. Bill is a
fantastic person who deserves nothing but your respect. I can't speak for
Bill and Lisa but if you are trading off their name/book and using false
statements as an endorsement of your product, I'm not a solicitor, but you
could very well find yourself in an actionable position.
Andrew Jeeves <https://www.facebook.com/andrew.jeeves.3?fref=ufi> Hello all.
Whilst not wishing to get into a slanging match... the cover Bonnie talks
about has been re-done with the same illustration (my work) and the title
rearranged. The credit to C. W-P. is probably for the rearrangement of the
cover. Whilst putting together the book over a number of years, none of us
were paid - we all worked on a shoestring to try and get the book done. We
worked full time and it was either go out and get money or do the book. We
had to juggle all that. You can quote whoever you like but the arrangement we
had and I accepted, was to be paid after the book was printed with a number
of books to be sold/distributed as I wished. I have no bad feelings about any
of that and we did what we did. The three of us had come from living in
Tasmania as part of an intentional community where money was tight and we
were used to working in such circumstances. It is clear that the cover
attribution has changed based on a rearrangement of the cover in a subsequent
edition (the original plates may not have been able to be used). But I did
the whole book except for a few lovely illustrations by Jorge Schultz.
And then a reply from Bill’s grandson (Frances Mollison’s son):
Stuart Muir Wilson <https://www.facebook.com/stuart.m.wilson.7?fref=ufi> What
is done is done, my mum and dad help publish the first edition of the
designers manual,while Grandpa (Bill) traveled to India for his first
International PDC withRobyn Francis
<https://www.facebook.com/robyn.francis1?hc_location=ufi>. Mum and Dad are
happy not being acknowledge or paid and have long let it go. Though their
contribution is nothing along side Andrews. I was only a baby at the time and
I really enjoy and support Darren
<https://www.facebook.com/DarrenJDoherty?hc_location=ufi> and Andrew
<https://www.facebook.com/andrew.jeeves.3?hc_location=ufi>work. It was a very
hectic time from what I understand. Being the start of a global movement. The
PDM was a work of genius. I think respecting ones elders has been one of the
better virtues I have been raised with. I look forward to reading the
Regrarians handbook chapter 1.
The PDM has evidently gone on to sell over 400,000 copies (for between
$80-120) and so in retrospect Andrew (and Frances) would have been wise to
have negotiated a better deal at the time — alas they didn’t and that’s the
way things go some time.
For the record Andrew and I are 50:50 on the royalties of The Regrarians
Handbook — time will tell if it reaches the sales figures of the PDM — but
whatever the case I believe in respecting and honouring the work of my
collaborators appropriately and from the outset.
Thanks and all the best,
Yours & Growing,
Lisa Heenan, Isaebella Doherty & Darren J. Doherty,
Directors,