[meteorite-list] Meteorite eBook Opinions Sought

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:34:12 -0400
Message-ID: <155D9D75CDD64D43A3D1FD9D21F504E4_at_StuartMcDaniel>

Sounds like a more than fair price to me. I have paid waaaaaay more than
that for some of my other collection books.

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From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:04 PM
To: "Kevin Kichinka" <marsrox at gmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite eBook Opinions Sought

> Hi Kevin,
>
> I'd pay $26.95 for your book. But I don't represent the average
> collector because I am also a bibliophile and collected books long
> before I got into meteorites. To this luddite, ebooks will never
> replace having a real book in my hand.
>
> I have no idea what an ebook copy would be worth. But I can say that
> I would pay half the cover price of the real book for a file that I
> can read on my laptop. Given a choice, I'll always choose the real
> book over the electronic version.
>
> Having already purchased your book (and read it several times), I
> consider it a mainstay of the field of collecting. Every collector
> should have your book, the Jensens' book (for catalogue purposes),
> Rocks from Space, Encyclopedia of Meteorites, and Cosmic Debris. No
> meteorite bookshelf is complete without those volumes as an anchor.
> `:)
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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>
> On 9/28/10, Kevin Kichinka <marsrox at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Many of you on the list have purchased, and hopefully enjoyed, my book
>> "The Art of Collecting Meteorites". It was self-published in 2005.
>> When it was still just a dream no publisher found my proffered
>> synopsis worthy of consideration. After I had sold hundreds of copies
>> I re-submitted the actual book to a dozen publishers. Most rejected
>> it, and the couple that were interested wanted to change the title,
>> change the cover, delete many photos, eliminate "color" illustrations
>> and diminish the quality of the paper it was written on. For this, I
>> would net about $1 per sold copy. Unpalatable.
>>
>> I'm down to about twenty copies (Blaine Reed also has a few left for
>> sale) and have considered having the printer, Bookmasters, run off a
>> hundred more so I can continue to fill orders. Otherwise "we will turn
>> the final page" (pun intended) and it will go "out of print" soon. The
>> cost of this small run is so high that I would need to charge $26.95
>> for a book that has sold since 2005 for $21.95 to earn the same slim
>> profit margin.
>>
>> I am looking for learned opinions from the people who have or could be
>> the end users, the fine people who are avid meteorite aficionados on
>> this meteorite bulletin board.
>>
>> 1. Are there any buyers in these difficult times for a 232 page
>> all-color, high-quality paperback book priced at $26.95?
>>
>> 2. Would anyone purchase the same book for $13 (half-price) to be read
>> on their computer in a pdf (Adobe) format?
>>
>> 3. Would anyone purchase this to be read as an eBook (Apple) or from
>> Amazon (Kindle)? How much is "The Art of Collecting Meteorites" worth
>> to you in these formats?
>>
>> Your opinions will play a great part in my decision.
>>
>> Regards from Nine Degrees North....
>>
>> Kevin Kichinka (MARSROX at gmail.com)
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