They have a full-figured dry goods store specializing in large sizes, with stockings up to size 200. Wow! Under the same roof is Miss Louise's Typing Service. She can do letterheads, obituaries, funeral directories, term papers. She's a wonderful person. Go tell her you heard about her on the radio - Early Wright, obituary to the DJ, WROX Clarksdale
Hi Alan: I have no idea why the publishers would not also publish a PB edition, given that most--but not all--of the other books on the first and second page have PB editions. Perhaps they are waiting to gauge potential PB sales based on some formula, but that's just a guess. A PB edition may be forthcoming as I noticed a time lag of several months (and in some cases years) between the date of the HB and PB for several of the titles.
Stuart, you've probably hit on it. Steve's last book for Illinois was published in 2009 (50GBP) and a year later appeared in paperback (17GBP). We live in hope.....
I was wondering if anyone has read this and would recommend it? The price is still a bit steep, even for a used copy but I'm intrigued by the stories that it might contain.
I read it last year and enjoyed it. It's a collection of interviews. However, I borrowed it from one of the local libraries, so it was a cheap date. IMHO, $75 is beyond what it should be priced at. $25-$30 is more in the range of a trade book like this.
So perhaps your local library could get you a copy through Inter-Library loan. And since it's also published as an e-book, maybe you could log in and read it on-line, if the library has it in its e-book holdings. And if you have access to Project MUSE, it's available if you have access:
Here's a link to a report done on the costs of publishing monographs. It's primarily focused on university presses. One of the editors at the University of Washington sent it to me and said that $30K is the cost to bring a book to the pre-print stage at the UW Press. So there are various considerations re: what books are priced at.
Thanks Stuart for all the info. I haven't used Inter-Library loan at my library yet but maybe now is a good time to do so. Thanks also for the pdf link on the cost of publishing for University Presses, interesting info to have access to.
It's definitely worth a trip to your library to discuss what's available with the people there. In recent years there's been a move toward "Open Access" (OA) with the goal of making a lot more available than what a single library or library system can hold (or afford). Google Books is a good first step, but it has its limits. And OA is not without problems as it has the potential to result in lost sales--and it's sales that allow the print publishers to remain viable. Here are a couple of links to Lever Press. Its focus is on academic publishing, but many of the books on music that we value are published by university presses.