Dear Judy: By the sound of it, you proceeded in the correct manner, I would not worry about it at all. I have yet to see the book, I hope I will receive the copies promised, as you know a couple of my photographs were used. Cheers, John E. Bryan Judy Glattstein wrote: > > I am deeply distressed by Jane McGary's comments, that I used material > she and other members of PBS posted on our forums without permission and > in an inappropriate manner. > > Those of you I asked for this invaluable assistance know who you are, > and the procedure I followed in using your information. For our other > members, it went like this: > > As the book got under way, I discovered material appropriate to my > manuscript on the PBS forum. The method I followed was to privately > e-mail the individual who made the original posting, asking if it might > be used. If permission had been refused, that would have been the end of > it. Graciously, permission was always granted. I generally asked > additional questions as follow-up, often with further questions to the > additional reply. When the material was developed into text, it was > always sent to each person for their approval, frequently making > adjustments as requested. Finally, I specifically asked everybody for > permission to use that final draft material in the book. > > Every individual whose experiences are included is mentioned by name, > unless they asked that I not do so. Their information is frequently > given as lengthy quotes. My intention was not, is not, never was to > present the material as my own experience. I did rely on the expertise > of members who live in regions outside my own, preferring actual > gardening experience - my own included - to just book research. > > I am not an expert on hostas, and have no idea where that came from. The > PBS web site address was changed after the manuscript was copy edited > and proof pages reviewed, so impossible to change / update. I provided a > bibliography, Timber Press scrapped it. Heck, I didn't even get to > choose the book's title. > > I do not pretend to the depth of knowledge about bulbs that many of our > members have to offer. What I do have is a fondness for bulbs, corms, > tubers, and all the other plants with lumpy underground storage > structures. I want to share that appreciation with the general gardening > public, to urge them to explore regionally appropriate "bulbs" and to > give up on the homogenization of our gardens, where, for example, > refrigerated tulips are stuffed into California gardens. > > Garden journalist - yes, I write books and magazine articles. I also > teach and lecture on various gardening topics at the New York Botanical > Garden, for professional horticultural organizations and also to garden > clubs. Someone has to welcome the beginning gardeners starting down the > garden path. With this book I wanted to encourage them to explore beyond > the plastic bags of bulbs in the big box stores and discover the > diversity of bulbs that are available to embellish their gardens > wherever they might be: in the Northeast, Deep South, Texas, > Mediterranean climate, and so on. > > If Jane McGary did not want to be quoted, that would have been fine. > When she said, in answer to my request, that she didn't have time to > reply at length I assured her that I could work with just what she had > posted in the PBS forum. Further, she had the opportunity to review what > would be included in my text. Any material she provided is attributed to > her. There is nothing I can do at this point other than to say again > that I am distressed by her comments. I truly believe that the rest of > you who did participate and are included in Bulbs for Garden Habitats > will be as pleased with the book as am I. > > I do sincerely hope that Jane will have someone other than herself > review my book for the Bulletin of the North American Rock Garden > Society. Unless, that is, she thinks it of so little interest to the > NARGS members that it will not be reviewed at all. > > Judy Glattstein > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php