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[bettis1]

Re: SCSW 3rd Ed.

I believe I recall that, during the initial publication, Jim said that the Chinese publishers flooded the market with unauthorized books and that he and Rick received no royalties on them.

As Burg mentioned, they graciously sent extra autographed copies to those of us who assisted in very minor roles.

Bob

 

[H Richard]

I told Santa that I wanted a Kindle Fire HD for Christmas (I have a B&W kindle) so I can get the SCSW3 (in color) so I can take it to gun shows. Now if they would have the 2013 Standare Catalog of Firearms kindle ready It would be great.

 

[5Wire]

Re: SCSW 3rd Ed.

I believe I recall that, during the initial publication, Jim said that the Chinese publishers flooded the market with unauthorized books and that he and Rick received no royalties on them.

As Burg mentioned, they graciously sent extra autographed copies to those of us who assisted in very minor roles.

Bob

With the Kindle, or the ability to generate high resolution PDFs or "Flip Books" or all three and no paper product, Chinese publishers are not required. Distribution is electronic. The text, images, other graphic elements are closely controlled and held. They can be perpetually updated so the publication is always current as long as update efforts are scheduled and made.

An electronic version properly engineered and designed can be marketed and distributed directly and can be generate page make up if a paper version finds funding or for end user reproduction. All on a appropriate Mac/PC.

All the costs can be closely estimated for the whole process with updates, go-no go stuff, and you take it as far as you can when you can.

Sorry, just musing. That's the kind of thing I did/do for a living. It would be fun to attempt.

 

[bettis1]

5wire,

You're correct about the electronic editions. I purchased the SCSW for iBooks on my iPad some time ago. Unfortunately for the authors, that option wasn't available when the initial publication occurred.

Bob