Amen Chuck! We seem to be a relatively small and tight group here. I would be absolutely gobsmacked if the powers that be couldn't put together missing publication for others w/o causing offense to "interested parties". Is there serious profiteering taking place? I find it odd that someone who takes the time to produce something of brilliance in printed matter wouldn't have any backed up media/spare copies with which to make a reprint
from. I was much saddened at the fact that after Jan's great talk at the NAHBS, by the time I got back to Peter's booth to look at the book and newsletter - they were all sold out and/or given away. Touching on the hot
"marketing" topics here recently...it might have been a good idea to have comp copies of the newsletter to those who had seminar passes...but maybe I'm just whining because I missed out. I'm new to the vintage world as of last fall at Chuck's event, and have yet to see a copy of said publication. Although I'm a huge fan of print on paper - it would be brilliant to
see some of these tomes put into a large, WELL ENGINEERED (e.g. not just sequential low res .jpg scans with no TOC/chaptering/etc.), PDF on a CD. Said CD could be sold by the proper parties of interest and hopefully no one would get their knickers in a twist over copyrights. Just my twopence - and hope to see the unobtainable surface to the group -
Kirk A. Thomas Arcadia CA USA
At 11:58 PM 3/16/06 -0800, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
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>The thing I don't understand is why Jan just doesn't offer a reprint of
>the back issues. For example I sell a compilation of all the Aeoleus
>Butterflys and Gabe Korad and I split the profits on the sales.
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>Æoleus Butterfly, 1990s -- 370 pages, issues #1 to #20 of the
>predecessor to On The Wheel magazine and the Bikelore series by Gabe
>Konrad, a 'zine comprised of original and "borrowed" materials spanning
>a vast array of cycling history with an emphasis on vintage road racing.
>Color cover. $ 45
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>South Pasadena, Southern California
>http://velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts and timelines)
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