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A book?

January 01, 2010 04:32PM avatar
I would love to do a book, but the reality is I do not have all the required skill sets to do it by myself. If somebody wanted to work with me, perhaps. But the reality is that the work that goes into a book is rarely rewarded by sufficient sales to make it worth while. A bunch of my pix went in to Gildersleeve and Huxtable's nice little (and cheap) "Narrow Gauge....then and now", along with a bunch of great pix by others, and both Nils and Tom claim to have a garage full of unsold copies. Perhaps a better approach is the so-called "on demand" publishing, but it still takes a bunch of work and would it sell enough copies to make the effort worth it.

Personally I find the internet a great medium, that is easy to use and reaches a bigger audience than a book would. And it can be continuously updated as I discover new stuff in the dusty old boxes, and improve my Photoshop skills.

But thanks for the nice thought.

JBWX
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Quiet weekend? Bored? No trains to chase?

John West January 01, 2010 03:16PM

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Tom Platten January 01, 2010 03:38PM

RGS?

John West January 01, 2010 03:39PM

Re: Quiet weekend? Bored? No trains to chase?

Kevin S. January 01, 2010 04:16PM

A book?

John West January 01, 2010 04:32PM

Re: A book? Prints, maybe??

Russo Loco January 02, 2010 03:38PM

Re: A book? Prints, maybe??

John West January 02, 2010 03:43PM

Re: A book? Prints, maybe??

Russo Loco January 02, 2010 04:07PM

Re: A book? Prints, maybe??

GeorgeGaskill January 04, 2010 12:17PM

Re: A book? Prints, maybe??

John West January 04, 2010 12:32PM

Re: Quiet weekend? Bored? No trains to chase?

jim pallow January 01, 2010 06:26PM

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SebJ January 02, 2010 02:28PM

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Mark Petersen January 02, 2010 02:58PM

Re: Quiet weekend? Bored? No trains to chase?

Steve Singer January 03, 2010 03:35PM

The foreign stuff

John West January 03, 2010 05:10PM

Re: The foreign stuff

Steve Singer January 04, 2010 08:16AM

Re: Steam is Steam! thumbs upthumbs up

Russo Loco January 05, 2010 05:43PM

Re: Quiet weekend? Bored? No trains to chase?

Greg Scholl January 04, 2010 09:43AM

Caption mistake

John West January 04, 2010 09:56AM

More accolades

Scooter Davis January 04, 2010 10:31AM

Memory

John West January 04, 2010 10:44AM

Re: Memory

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