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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 605737, member: 6370&quot;]I was referring to Krause and certain ancient reference catalogs. The price of most ancient catalogs are astronomical and without doubt, whether the people compiling and editing these publications are collectors or dont get paid a whole lot is mute as they dont even have to be collectors in many cases. Many are employed because they simply can use the layout program. Like me...I am employed in an industry and at a job in which I do not have to have any passion for the material...I just have to product the material. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Krause and many of the other major index catalogs are, without doubt, a money making venture and they are making good money. They offset the lower sales with higher prices and of course many of these companies are also involved with many different types of publications. the people doing the grunt work may not be getting paid a fortune...just like any business venture the publishers (the big guys) are making money or they would not being doing it. Krause is not publishing catalogs for love of the coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Certainly people who write numismatic articles either do so for little pay or for free....sadly, this just means that the publishers are the ones cashing in on their work and their wish to get information out. If I write an article for a print publication...for free...and that publication is a for profit business...that simply means someone is making a little money off me. I would rather it go onto the web where all people can read it for free. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I guess my question to Resu Eman...if you dont mind...would be...if you were invited to lecture for free (or cost)...simply because people want to hear what you have to say...would you still do it? If people asked you to help write a catalog but told you there would be no money and that everyone was working for free to help the hobby...including the publisher...would you still do it? In essence, this is what I am saying...the best way for a hobby to work...IMO...if for people to put out the effort for free...because its a hobby not a profession. If you end up making money off of something that is purely beneficial and needed by collectors...and you happen to start making a bit of a profit...thats one thing...but I do think some people just see collectors as a revenue source and they arent what I call collectors as much as opportunists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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