Last week I sought the opinions of this august group regarding publishing my book, "The "Art of Collecting Meteorites", solely as an "e-book" as my supply of hard copies nears a complete sell out.
Resoundingly, you said "no way". But most responders added an acknowledgement that ebooks represent "the future". True. For the first time ever, e-books outsold "hard copies" last year. Consequently, I'm going to try to raise the funds to print more books by selling meteorites. I will need a couple of thousand dollars to keep "The Art of Collecting Meteorites" alive in a way that most pleases my readers, a "hold-it-in-your-hands" book. First offer in my "fund raising project" is a thin section of Zagami (Mars). When I had several of these created in the late '90's, Zagami sold for $800 to $1,000/gram. It's about half of that now. The Zagami slice "covers" 10x8mm on the slide. I was selling these for $350 prior to the "world economic crisis". In a web search today, world-class thin section dealer Impactica Ann has none listed for sale, the (Michael) Blood Meister has a Zagami ts with 15x20mm "coverage" for $500, and Jeff Rowell has one similar to mine for an excellent $250. I'll be the low cost "Kev-Mart" of Zagami today. First $225 (plus postage to wherever) in my Paypal account will bring a true Mars "sample return" to the new owner and help me kick-start my book printing-funding project. Please email me before submitting funds. My humble thanks to the many people who took the time to write me last week. I am honored to be in your thoughts and perpetually amazed, somewhat awed, that this hobby has created for me a network of worldwide friendships I would never otherwise have known. Kevin Kichinka [email protected] www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com www.LaQ-CostaRica.com ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
