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boreholio wrote:It's at the printer so "someday" will likely be someday soon, probably in the next few weeks.
driggs wrote:Although it's natural entrance has been known since prehistoric times...
Larry E. Matthews wrote:This book has been donated by me and Bill Walter to the NSS. All proceeds go to the NSS.
Larry E. Matthews wrote: The NSS Bookstore does a wonderful job of providing cave books both to it's members and others who shop there.
wyandottecaver wrote:More to the point, having received this generous contribution of intellectual property, is the NSS making the best use of it? Are their decisions appropriate?
Maybe. Storage space is a big issue at Huntsville. (its prolly gonna cost us 2 million..so much for low dues) Also, The NSS has long experience with producing "collectible" books. (some speleodigest prices now top $300) i.e. you have limited initial runs (often too small for efficient bulk printing) to squeeze the high rollers. Once the 1st editions, hardbacks, and novelty is sold at a premium, a bulk print order for the cheapskate masses can be made.
would bulk printing 2000 books be cheaper? probably. It would also take a lot more space. Would 2000 first editions gain value in the collector (and reprint) market as well as a few hundred? probably not.
author retains ownership of the work, but gives the NSS the right to print and profit from the work. It's called a non-exclusive license and is pretty common in the non-profit world.
Larry E. Matthews wrote:Printing has changed drastically in recent years. Now with print-on-demand, small printings are affordable and storage is not as much of a problem
Larry E. Matthews wrote:let me explain how "Print on Demand" works
wikipedia wrote:Print on demand (POD), sometimes called publish on demand, is a printing technology and business process in which new copies of a book (or other document) are not printed until an order has been received. "Print on Demand" developed only after digital printing began, because it was not economical to print single copies using traditional printing technology such as letterpress and offset printing.
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