As the author, I know about it. It was limited to 100 copies, not to be reprinted. Unfortunately it sold out last summer. I haven't had the nerve to check Ebay for any listings. If you need specific patent info I will be glad to try to help. Ciao! Bob (the dude who writes Pflueger Pfacts and who you can blame for errors) Miller, alias Bad Bob etc.
In the future why limit such publications to 100 copies? why not sell 100 copies in an author signed edition, then sell additional copies to anyone who wants one? That way folks that can use the info down the road can get one without being gouged by rare book dealers, if they can even find a copy? That leaves some room for the folks that want to say they have a limited edition, but makes the info available to as many folks as possible.
Most of these limited editions are self published. And the number is limited by how many they can afford to print. I also know one or two that had a large number published and have a large number left that they can not sell because everybody that wanted the book had bought one or two copies. And nobody else is interested in the remaining books. And that can be a lot of paper collecting dust with no way to turn it back into cash.
I think the misunderstanding here is the of the term "limited". Some apparently take that to mean "special limited", as in "this will be rare one day", but it also means "needs to be limited" as Reelman explains. I don't see how anyone can guess how many copies they should print and of the authors I know, they tell me you just have to make your best guess and take your chances and that 99% of the time they bear a financial burden.
I don't see how anyone can guess how many copies they should print and of the authors I know, they tell me you just have to make your best guess and take your chances and that 99% of the time they bear a financial burden.
This is not quite true today. With the desktop publishing available now you can print copies on demand.
Anyone want a copy of More Meisselbach & Meisselbach-Catucci Reels? I have about 5 on hand, and I'll print 10 more any day now.
The cost of doing that book was substantial (for me), and I figured it would be nice to get back my investment. Now, even at 100 copies it took ads in the Reel News for six months which still left me with a bunch of books. Then I had to send out two special mailings to all known Pflueger reel collectors warning folks of how many copies were left, and still had to carry the rest to the NFLCC in Louisville last summer to sell out. I have virtually no storage room for big boxes of books to sit there for years. I know virtually nothing about desk top publishing and have no desire to learn. In defference to the Geezer, who is the obvious exception to the rule, I am too old to clutter my mind with more techno-litter. Besides, my computer is likely incapable of doing the job. I know the printer is! Bad Bob (the out-of-print Phacts guy)
PS-I didn't hold back a batch of these books. After a few gratis copies sent to people who kindly contributed and those eight months of sales efforts I have four left: Three for my grandkids, one for my own reference. If I lose mine I will have to negotiate with the kids to borrow a copy, and they trade tough! Bad Bob
...This is not quite true today. With the desktop publishing available now you can print copies on demand...
Yes, Geez, you are right and I failed to add the prefix "In the old days" (or is it "that was then and today is now"?) I also failed to mention Dr. Todd's new publishing venture, Whitefish Press, which sounds like it will be a great help to collector-author types.
