Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 15:13:54 -0500 (EST) From: Oliver T Massey CFS <massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg681$foo@default> Subject: Re: Carnivorous Plants of Australia, Vol. 1
> With regard to the situation of 'Carnivorous
> Plants of Australia, Volume 1': Has Allen been approached to consider
> doing a
> reprint of this book given the apparent relative demand.
>
> This sounds like a good way to "start the ball rolling" although I
> confess a complete lack of knowledge when it comes to the publishing
> business. ....
> Has he considered a second printing on either volumes 1 or
> 2? Just what is required for a second printing by a publisher? Is there
> a minimum run #?
Small press runs are not unusual for academic books, they do not
generally occur in the popular (commercial) press. Small press runs for
academics may be 1000 copies. However, in these runs royalties are
about 10-15% and there are no up front funds to the author. So, if
Allen can collect used copies and sell them for several hundred a pop,
he may be making more money than he would at a 10% royalty on a
re-release. On top of that, how many potential purchasers of CP books
already have Allen's book? Are there 1000 people in CP who do not have
the book? And a last potential issue, publishers want a fast sell of a
press run, they do not want to store copies, it's too expensive.
Tom in Fl.
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