Yesterday, I got author's copies of my newest book, Woodworker's Pocket Reference (Fox Chapel, May 2005), ISBN 1-56523-239-9. You can get off Amazon or order direct from Fox Chapel
It's a bit shorter than I'd have liked but the editors and design people did a great job: apron pocket size, spiral binding, heavy duty paper and even heavier covers.
None of the traditional woodworking outlets seem to have it yet, at least on-line.
Good luck with the book Charlie.
Chuck
OH GREAT. Now Charlie has become a spammer.
JUST KIDDING! :)
Good luck with the book, I will be looking for it.
SteveP.
Congratulations, Charlie. It is a bit like giving birth, eh? I wish you success!
rCongrats But I have to ask... Is it really EVERYTHING a Woodworker Needs to Know at a Glance??? $14.95 is a real bargin. Good luck with it.
Congrats! So if the book is $10.17 on Amazon, does that mean you make less money? Who eats the $4.78? Looks like it will be a handy book, anyway.
Amazon eats the discount in this case, at least as far as I know. My tiny percentage is unaffected (I hope).
It can be difficult, but it's relatively pain free, thus unlike giving birth, at least in that respect. And it's now supposed to support me, at least in part, instead of me supporting it, another difference.
Good for you Charlie and good luck with sales.
Now more importantly, how is the bird house book coming? :~)
Would you believe--I've actually looked at it lately, but done nothiing. Once I realized there was no chance of finishing for last Christmas, I set it aside. With just a touch of luck, I'll finish it by my next birthday (October) so I can sell it for Christmas season. I hope. When I looked at it, I hated the layout I'd done in WV, so that needs lots of work.
I'll wait till the movie version comes out. ;-) Maybe Redford will play you...
Congratulations and may you sell a zillion copies.
mahalo, Redford
On 19 May 2005 05:27:35 -0700, the inscrutable "Charlie Self" spake:
Congrats on your forty-umpteenth publishing, Charlie. How about posting an in-depth index of the contents. The blurb on the Fox Chapel site is meager at best. Spiral binding is perfect for this app.
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Chapel
Thanks. Rough breakdown, by chapter subject: 1 is wood; 2 is mechanical fasteners; 3 is joints; 4 is the shortest of all, shop math & formulas;
5 is finishing; 6 is hand tools; 7 is power tools, 8 isworkbenches & shop set up; 9 is sharpening; 10 is workshop safety. I would have loved to have added a couple chapters and maybe 100 pages, but the format was the message, with it fitting into a shop apron pocket quite easily.I had three requests for the publisher: spiral binding; heavy duty covers; heavier than normal pages. Oddly enough, I didn't have to ask twice, as all that was already on my editor's list, too. It's a nice feeling when everyone starts out on the same page, with very similar goals. And that is something that doesn't happen often. Fox Chapel provided more feedback than any other publisher I've ever worked with, and accepted my grumpiness over some items better than I expected.
Won't readability suffer due to the size of the book? I mean, aren't a lot of us well over the age of consent and therefore have a tough time with tiny print?
Dave
Charlie Self wrote:
with it fitting into a shop apron pocket quite easily.
>"Charlie Self" wrote in news:1116505655.665479.216450 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
Congratulations and **many** happy returns!
The print doesn't seem to me to be that tiny, and my eyes are not fantastic. I was wearing 1.5 reading glasses when I looked, but I can read most of it pretty well at arm's length. As I think I said, the book isn't as thick as I'd have liked, and that's a function of format, but the layout is very skillfully done.
On 19 May 2005 09:00:45 -0700, the inscrutable "Charlie Self" spake:
Thanks. Yeah, 160 pages seems light. How do you compare it to the Handyman In-Your-Pocket book? It's ~3x5x1" thick and 768 pages. Back to your book, what all is in Chapter 3?
I may add one of your WPRs to my next Amazon run to qualify for the free shipping. (That's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it.)
That's great. Kudos to Fox Chapel pubs!
Very good! Ya lucked out, Mr. Grumps.
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LOL.. pro-crastination... ;~) I'll be looking for it.
Amazon has several pages plus contents available for viewing. Looks Good!
But printed in China?! Dang, is Nothing Sacred?!
No, nothing is sacred. Look through almost any book these days, and see if you can find one printed in the U.S. It's unlikely. Someone once said Taunton was one of the few companies doing U.S. printing. The next Taunton tome I picked up, I checked. IIRC, it was printed in Italy..Scott Landis' The Workbench Book. I'm told that it is very slightly slower (transport, I guess), but a huge amount cheaper, to print overseas.
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