That was me actually, ha! I did have a guy offer it at cost to me, so I'm pretty pleased about that. I've wanted a copy since I bought my Type 44 earlier this summer.

 

Very good, I am glad you found one, but if you would not mind, what is the at cost price? the copy I have does not have a price on it and this book along with quite a few others will be listed for sale shortly.

Thank you

 

Finding a copy is like finding chickens teeth, so I couldn't even begin to tell you....

 

I posted a WTB add. PM sent.

 

i also would be intrested in a copy if anyone has a spare . Slim chance i know
David

 

$100 would be fair; better get one sooner than later.
This type book only goes UP.

 

is Fred out of them?

 

Frank hasn't had any in years.

 

Let me preface this with an: I'm not an author, publisher, writer, illustrator or dabbler and I normally read fiction.

When it gets to the point that a book with a $70 dollar initial purchase price (just found what I think was the price in 2007) will cost $100 due to demand and no more supply why do the original authors not print more?
(As a complete aside let me say that when Farscape DVDs were going for north of $150 a season and I had bought mine for $50-$80 per season I was very tempted to sell them. I love the show too much though and didn't know if they would make anymore so I held on to them. Now they are $13-$30 with the whole series on Blu-ray at $93. I should have sold when I had the chance!)

Is it just that hard to print out a new run of the same book with no changes? Is it the amount made not worth the hassle? Rites issues? Look at some of the sword books or the Luger books. Hundreds of dollars a piece. You'd think there would be some money to be made just reprinting the ones already on the market (or on book shelves any way). Or am I just off my rocker and they cost that much to begin with? It's hard to find out what books cost a decade or two ago.

Just an uneducated person wondering out loud and looking for an answer/s.

 

Depends on who holds the copyright. If the author self-published they have the copyright and could indeed have more printed. There are several "on-demand" printers now who can print and bind books as needed. Used to be small quantities was costly, not any more! If the book was printed by a major publisher it's a different story. The author probably has no printing rights, ad major publishers typically use traditional printing means, so they make large runs to keep costs down. I wish more would convert their low volume books to a higher cost print on demand. Everyone would still make some money, and the books would be available -- especially reference books like this.

 

The reason more are not printed is the start up printing cost. You have to know that you can recover the $20,000 or so necessary to print 500 copies pretty quickly. It took 6 years to sell the 500 copies I originally printed.

Frank

 

With on-demand printing companies that's just not true any more. It costs a few hundred to get the files set up for printing, but after that you can print as few or many as you want at just a few bucks more than a big run. There are some limitations on binding and cover, but you can still get a high quality book without the big outlay needed for traditional printing methods. Some limited services are even free.

https://www.lulu.com/

http://www.infinitypublishing.com/publish-in-print/

 

Dear farna:

In most cases, such as a simple novel, you would be correct. However, for the Type 38 book, it was prepared with two electronic systems, MSWord and Excel, plus it is just short of 500 pages. Because of the weight, I had it bound in a special spiral binding that is made of some space age plastic that rebounds when crushed by the weight and simple use. I knew it would be used as a reference book and frequently opened and closed. This special binding was the successful answer to that issue. Setting up that process again is difficult and expanse.

Sometime in the next few years I hope to do an abbreviated version of the book, with color photos (I need a lot of help here!) and keep it in one system after reducing the number of spread sheets. Still thinking about it. At present my efforts need to go to help Trey Stancil and his efforts to keep BANZAI going in one form or another.

Thanks to all for your interest.

Frank

 

PRICELESS!

Even more so if you have Franks Autograph! :thumbsup:

 

Dear 148Infantry:

The Type 38 book is out of stock and out of print. I hope to do a shortened version that will include color photos sometime in the future.

Frank

 

All hard copies of the sniper rifle book are sold or committed to people who reserved them.

A limited number of the soft cover version are available.

Frank