I have them ordered through Amazon.com (not co.uk) and they seem to have been shipped already. I'm in Spain and I usually have no problems using Amazon.com - would prefer to buy stuff from my local book 'n' paella store, but if it's obscure stuff then there's no other choice
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Taube <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy Folks, > > Some time last year (or maybe the year before) I read a reference to > these books on the Mandolin Cafe Board only to learn they were out of > print. As the corresponence progressed, I suggested that in this day > and age of "printing on demand" it should not be too hard to convince > the University of Missouri Press to reprint, especially as second hand > copies were trading at several hundred dolars each. > > Now I see that the OTFR vols 1 and 2 are available (listed on the > University Press' website), but I am having a very hard time > convincing booksellers and distributors here in the UK that these have > been reprinted and are not, as both Blackwell (big booksellers) and > Eurospan (big pulishers' distributor) are reporting: out of print > (OP), not on any file, or that that the volume 2 reprint is already > available but volume 1 is coming out some time later. Aaaarggghhh. > > Having spent the last 39 years either in a library or in the book > trade (12 years at Blackwells serving American institutional > libraries) sourcing unusual/rare material (Uzbek language learning > materials anyone) I am feeling very frustrated at not being able to > get my hands on a copy. Anyone else in the UK (or the US) tried to > get a set? Did you have any luck? What's the trick? > > If anyone has ordered a case and still has some to spare...I'm game. > > Does this mean I have to go through the Amazon with a machete? > > Thanks in anticipation of a reply, > > Best, > > Taube > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
