Price guide

[Rich Klein]

But I'd wager if this book (and/or The Beckett Almanac) was split into 2 parts. The profitable book would be the modern book and the book that would take the loss is the "vintage" section.

It's been pointed out on the board that WE as a group are a very small but influential part of the card hobby.

Let's say that every single member (poster or not) of this board purchases a copy --- that would be about x number of members. The pool to buy a modern book is much larger and thus you need a much smaller percent of modern collectors to purchase a book.

This does not mean this is a bad idea, rather this is just one that is usually not financially feasible for a publisher and since neither F&W or Beckett are owned by "hobby people" any more we can say what we want but this is not going to occur

Rich

[toppcat]

I wonder why these books have not become "print-on-demand" titles? It also seems that a digital edition for Ipad/Kindle someday soon might work as well.

If you read Bob Lemke's comments here over the years, he does not seem to have any sway with the publisher beyond his editorial duties. Whatever financial decisions are being made are definitely not his responsibility.

I wonder how many copes each big book sells?

[buymycards]

I hope they don't go the CD route again. When I go to the book to look up a price for a newer card, which is often, I get frustrated because the price is on the CD rather than the book. Then I have to go to my computer and go through the CD. The CD isn't set up well and it is a real pain in the ass to use.

Two books would be great, but I would rather have 1 large book than 1 book and a CD.

Rick

[FrankWakefield]

I had trouble with the cd, and they kindly replaced it. It is neat to have it on cd, but I like books.

After reading through the posts, Rich K's has me thinking that if Krause busted it into two books, then sales of the vintage book would be so bad that they'd quit publishing it. Then we'd have no book, or only the old books. So it seems to me that we should be thankful that we get coverage at the front of the Standard Catalog. Thankful on Thanksgiving. But I'll leave that 'thanks' out of this afternoon's blessing.