First go at a cover for The Well-Presented Manuscript.
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First go at a cover for The Well-Presented Manuscript.
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6 responses to “First go at a cover for The Well-Presented Manuscript.”
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I don’t get it. What’s with the aardvark? If that’s what it is.
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A lot of my grammar examples feature Henrietta Wibsley, the world’s most prominent aardvark.
Plus it’s a nod to the animals on the covers of the tech books from O’Reilly.
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O’Reilly publishing might not like you infringing their trade dress.
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It’s sufficiently different, I think, and far enough away from their area of interest that it doesn’t infringe.
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Personally, I’d spend the money to put it past an IP lawyer before publishing.
https://www.complexip.com/resources/patent-and-trademark-library/
Look at the case of Ambrit, Inc. v. Kraft, Inc at the bottom of the page, and you tell me whether your book is more different than an OReilly book than the “Polar Bar” was different from a “Klondike Bar”
Then ask yourself if whether, as an attorney for OReilly, you’d think for more than sixty seconds before taking action.
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I haven’t heard that O’Reilly are particularly litigious, but you may have a point. Since the aardvark isn’t obviously related to the book (as Brian Rush’s response highlights), I will rethink. Thanks.
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