Robert Moore wrote:

Hi Folks
I've been following this with interest. But ultimately the
difficulty is that any reprinting would need to be full colour, high
quality, wouldn't it? And a publisher would need to be looking at
substantial sales to even recoup production and printing costs.
The anthology idea is neat for a reader, but a problem for a
publisher. As the extent of the book is enlarged, the production
costs are too. It seems (to me, only as an editor, not a techo
production person) that the economies of scale are only there when
you can get good sales numbers. Making fatter books just increases
the cost of production.


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All the books quoted make me
salivate at the thought of a reprint!

Cheers

Rob

I had a friend in Maine who had a small publishing company, and he used to say that
the first book cost $10,000, the rest were free--implying of course, that the
greatest expense is in the setup. Then you're left with the problem of selling the
books to recover the cost.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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