Dear Catherine,
Your concern is valid. And unfortunately not everyone's books are
considered to be The Book on a particular subject. But when you get what have
been called 'silly' prices, clearly there is quite a demand out there. The
sales you are describing are those which are between individuals. I don't think
that would reflect the general market. I looked at Amazon.com, where the used
price for hardcover is $71, and the used paperback is $399. On Amazon.co.uk
the used hardcover is BP95 and used paperback is BP25. In alibris.com a used,
like-new copy is $599. We are getting silly prices here. It seems to me that
when books start commanding silly prices, there is a demand out there which is
not being met by the supply. There may be a lot of your books in circulation,
but it appears that in the general market, between strangers, the demand is
high and the supply is low. Even with a first printing, one can never really
predict whether a book will be a success, but with the t!
rack record yours has, and with the present asking prices, I suggest that your
publisher would be quite foolish not to do a sixth printing. That would take
care of your troubles at present. I would, however, for posterity, make sure
there is a means of publishing your book on demand. How you go about that is
beyond my knowledge, but I'm sure other authors will be able to tell you.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where we're off to another fine day. This
is four in a row, and has made me feel a lot better.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Catherine Barley <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sep 14, 2011 3:33 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [lace] Books on Demand
>
>Good morning everyone
>
>Thank you all so much for your views and I bow to your superior knowledge,
>which is way beyond my limited computer skills at present. However, I will
>follow up all the advice given. The response so far has been very positive
>but my main concern is that as my book went to five editions (I have no idea
>how many copies that would be) but it certainly will be a considerable number,
>I have no wish to spend many hours on this project, only to receive a very
>small number of request for a copy.
>
>My niggling fears have just been confirmed this morning in an email from
>someone here in the UK and I quote:
>
>Catherine Barley
>UK
>
>
><As for second hand copies of the book, I have not heard of anyone
>experiencing difficulties. My local lace group has several> <people who have
>bought needlelace books in the past and these people have now decided that
>they don't want to work needlelace <and are therefore getting rid of books.
>The new ones wanting them are, at the moment, having no difficulty in picking
>up second> <hand copies. This could change in the future.
>
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