Re: Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn
| March 08, 2010 04:47PM |
Hello:
Actually, a couple of copies of that "Narrow Gauge" book has been on my own book shelf collecting dust for a couple of decades now. Over the years, people have asked about a 2nd Edition. Each time, it just didn't seem financially viable. In the 1990s, on a whim, I contacted the original book printer in Massachusetts. As explained to me at the time, the man said that he had only recently disposed of the offset negatives and printing plates.
The printer went on to explain that with improvements in late 20th Century printing technology, a new press run could be made directly from a copy of the original book. Actually recalled seeing books printed that way and was impressed at the unexpected high quality. His offer was to bear the expense and do the work to produce a 5,000 book printing run. The offered deal was that we'd split 50 - 50, with 2,500 books each. He'd be free to market his share and I'd get my chunk of the run for a zero cash investment.
Thinking back, I sometimes speculate as to why I didn't better consider the offer. Figured that it was a different time then when popular use of the WEB was still in it's infancy. Though online in 1993 using the old windows 3.1 with "Mosaic" web browser, most of us hadn't even started to figure what to do with Internet. Though connected, we were still in the dark ages with the sun just starting to shine. Got involved with other things and the tentative 2nd edition book deal drifted away. Nearly two decades later, there appears to be a whole new generation of interested people sharing gigs of information on the Internet at all hours of the day and night.
Suppose that the time has arrived to publish a second edition of the first "Story of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad" book. Before hand, I need this spring to first complete another smaller project related to the Meigs "Monorail" Elevated Railway entitled "Captain Joe's Steam Driven Dream". Have enough original 1880s vintage material and not seen before photos to complete at least a 64 page stand alone book.
Only recently discovered that there is a copyright infringement situation that needs to be addressed. Protected material from the original "Narrow Gauge" book was taken and directly duplicated in a recent commercial publication. Being a currently available title in the publisher's catalog, the violation is blatant and ongoing. It's already in the hands of copyright attorneys so they can slug it out with the bad guys.
Bob S.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2010 05:15PM by RCS.
Actually, a couple of copies of that "Narrow Gauge" book has been on my own book shelf collecting dust for a couple of decades now. Over the years, people have asked about a 2nd Edition. Each time, it just didn't seem financially viable. In the 1990s, on a whim, I contacted the original book printer in Massachusetts. As explained to me at the time, the man said that he had only recently disposed of the offset negatives and printing plates.
The printer went on to explain that with improvements in late 20th Century printing technology, a new press run could be made directly from a copy of the original book. Actually recalled seeing books printed that way and was impressed at the unexpected high quality. His offer was to bear the expense and do the work to produce a 5,000 book printing run. The offered deal was that we'd split 50 - 50, with 2,500 books each. He'd be free to market his share and I'd get my chunk of the run for a zero cash investment.
Thinking back, I sometimes speculate as to why I didn't better consider the offer. Figured that it was a different time then when popular use of the WEB was still in it's infancy. Though online in 1993 using the old windows 3.1 with "Mosaic" web browser, most of us hadn't even started to figure what to do with Internet. Though connected, we were still in the dark ages with the sun just starting to shine. Got involved with other things and the tentative 2nd edition book deal drifted away. Nearly two decades later, there appears to be a whole new generation of interested people sharing gigs of information on the Internet at all hours of the day and night.
Suppose that the time has arrived to publish a second edition of the first "Story of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad" book. Before hand, I need this spring to first complete another smaller project related to the Meigs "Monorail" Elevated Railway entitled "Captain Joe's Steam Driven Dream". Have enough original 1880s vintage material and not seen before photos to complete at least a 64 page stand alone book.
Only recently discovered that there is a copyright infringement situation that needs to be addressed. Protected material from the original "Narrow Gauge" book was taken and directly duplicated in a recent commercial publication. Being a currently available title in the publisher's catalog, the violation is blatant and ongoing. It's already in the hands of copyright attorneys so they can slug it out with the bad guys.
Bob S.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2010 05:15PM by RCS.
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