I was working on my updated website today and I was thinking about you today, with that vast knowledge you have, and your desire to teach about coin, it is time for you to pubish. Check out this website http://www.lulu.com/products/books/hardcover.php You can publish cheaply on the most obscure coin topic that you chose to and still make it worth your time. You can even edit the variety of posts you have here which answered many questions. BTW - I added cointalk to the new website http://www.mrbrklyn.com Ruben PS that is Bob Youngs enterprise. I have zero at stake with it other than that it is very cool and very useful.
Doug, just a little advice to an old friend. IF you decide to write a book, do so during the winter months when there is ice on the water. Don't wait until the May flies come out to start the job, it will lay there forever. If there is anyone who can put togather a piece of literature realated to coinage , it should be you. I'm pulling for you and will come to your book signing when in print, to pick up a copy.
Guys, as much as I truly do appreciate the vote of confidence - I don't wanna write a book. I've written a book, it's a mountain of work - took a year out of my life, full time. And I don't know that I really want to go through that again. I think I'll just stick to writing an article now n then
LULU.COM will make that a much less painful expereince and you will have better control of your book. Ruben
Afraid not, it was almost 30 yrs ago, not long after I first started writing, with a very small printing. I don't even have a copy anymore. It wasn't about coins.
Tell ya what Ruben, if you really wanna read stuff I've written, try this - World Internet Numismatic Society - VOL III - Archived Issues, that's me.
As someone who's had a book in progress for the last ten years at least... I can relate. Hypothetically speaking, if you put all 120 issues (so far) of my Unofficial Micro-Trains Release Report together, it's already the length of a large book, but that doesn't quite count. (The last three years, the monthly columns have been between 10 and 15 pages, single spaced, when printed out.) But that's not what I'd do the book on anyway... Doug, editorship is often a thankless job... been there, done that, at least twice! (Neither time on trains or coins.) I hope your efforts were recognized and appreciated!
The thing about LULU.org is that its not based on a page count. Publish what you want (like a website) and sell it. Pubish a little more latter and sell it! Republsih it all again later and sell it. Guy's you just NOT GETTING IT.
Right - just like that but pulish in print, hard covered or soft covered with Print on Demand publishing. PS - and you'll never loose a copy of your book then and you'll be able to just point people to LULU.org for a copy. It is a sweet deal. Ruben
I get it Ruben, I just don't care. You see, I don't write to make a living - I write because it pleases me to do so. It's fun and I enjoy it. I figure I've probably written millions of words in my life - a novel that wasn't much good but they made a cheap B movie out of it; enough poetry for a book, enough short stories for another book, more than my share of articles and opinion pieces - and never asked for nor received 1 cent for any of it. Now I've been grey for years, but maybe when I'm actually old, ( like Roy ), I may change my mind and decide I want to get paid. 'Til then - this'll do
Hey, I resemble that remark. My first 15-year career as a newspaper and radio reporter resulted in a whole bunch of words, and my 40+ year career as an attorney led to lots more. I've never enjoyed the very hard work of "writing", but many times I've had occasion to take a great deal of pride in "having written".
Doug, Lulu.com is made for a guy like you. Just package that stuff that you think is worth something for prosperty. The concept, more than money, is to make booking publishing as cheap and easy as writing for the internet Ruben
That reminds me of a pigeon I saw today at the train station. When I write, I look at these kinds of forums (and email lists IMO are easier) as raw material and editorial practice. Nothing grooms a position or a paper as much as a good flame war. ANd that is one of the reasons I keep the http://www.mrbrklyn.com/resources/ section ready and handy. Its like a reporters filing cabinet of news clippings, but a bit richer in some respects, out of the way of my children, and cut and paste ready and available. My only regret is not instituting it as a database. I had to use my mailing lists, which are stored in a RDMS, for that purpose. Then I could whip up an SQL statement and find nearly anything in seconds. Ruben
