I am the author of the book.

 The issue is they make multiple copies the original details were not produced.

For the same, the suggestion given to them was to make it to online e book that on subscription the author would receive an intimation.If not the copyright will be given to another publisher.

Second revision was made and updated to them which was not made effective in the book and after which they published another reprint without informing the author.

According  to article 27 of the universal humna rights declaration the copyright is to the sole possession of the author which can not be broken by any agreement.

The issue is taken to court where the author is for arbitration and believes only conviction and not the legal action.

The agreement with Prentice hall of India do not hold good with PHI learning limited which had been highlighted only to make the book come online.

The expenditure on the part of the publishers are not needed for the book is to be sold for its content.The author made it for the need and emergency for a book when the syllabi was introduced to the engineering curriculum.

The issue would have been to end if they showed the sales details from the sellers which was used by them to the royalty calculation.The court would have asked for it.

Recently there had been a deposit to the account of the author a sum around 70,000 which was not detailed by the publisher.

The author holds the entire communication as emails and the same had been copied to Delhi court too as she can not appear to court in person.
A case can not be given judgment as none defended for the defendant, I received no email communication form the court and I preferred the same.

I received a copy from the court by post which I did not receive for I had given my preferred mode of communication is by email which the court too has to accept for the mode can not be suggested to a person appearing for defense.

I did this work not to my earning but to my credentials as a faculty in knowledge dissemination.I really do not bother for the content of the agreement.I had assured for two more books on solid waste management and air quality management to them even.

You might be knowing there are a lot of self publications which are successful materialistically.In fact I did asked them to reduce the price for it should reach all.

In fact I knew the contents have been to xerox for the students.None of my communication is over phone or in person.I have only email communications that I could make it to the analysis of court.

Without getting my defense, they can not issue orders , they can only dismiss the case.It is for the hastiness of the publishers for they make it as push business where the basic purpose is to be genuine.

I had claimed for 50% royalty for the true copies they made, as I gave it for direct printing without editing even, from their side.I had added a chapter too in 2008 and sent the same via email.

The judgment given is wrong and we are democratic were we can not follow the procedures of imperialistic legal system.

I had registered my difference of opinion to them through email regularly and the pass word can be provided to court when they move to reanalyze the claim form my side is genuine.

Dr.Mrs.MeenakshiPrabhakar
aspireacademicexcellence.com
Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Coimbatore