[Leica] THE YEARBOOK

[Geoff Hopkinson]

I have done my best to explain and respond on this off list, starting at
6am on Christmas day here where I got a request for an urgent response and
some comment that I found unreasonable. I have asked Roger to take any
further discussion on this onto the list now. If anyone else wants to
comment do please do so ON LIST too.

The price difference is USD 13.01 with the different paper choice. To the
best of my knowledge 'Premium lustre' is what Jim used previously before as
well.
I get nothing from the book whether there are 200 or five sold. The only
beneficiary is Project H.O.M.E., Jim's charity. Everyone is free to choose
whether they want to purchase it as always. I agree that the book is not
inexpensive and I made a $14.99 eBook option available. Actually if people
do not want to purchase the printed version in any version, you will be
making a larger donation to them by purchasing the eBook.

Blurb evidently pay any sales profit monthly. I have set that payment to be
in USD via Paypal which is the cheapest by far way of receiving any profits
on this. I shall transfer any payment made to me to Jim immediately by that
method too.

I did this to fulfill a promise I made to Brian and the list early in the
year. I think I did a good job for everyone and the reactions so far have
been almost uniformly positive except for this.

I will not be offering to edit any future version of the book for the list
should there be one.


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman

On 26 December 2014 at 06:32, Roger Rubin <vroger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am fairly sure I oughtn't answer a comment while p***ed off, but I really
> have to take issue with Nathan's instructions:
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Geoff, thank you for doing the job. I suggest that you let the
> complainers
> > go and* f**k themselves in the attic* and leave things as they are. I
> ordered
> > the book the other day and cannot wait to see it. You should not have to
> > spend any more time on complaints from sad anoraks.
> >
> > Merry Christmas!
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
>
> At the outset I do not have an attic, and am generally not in need of
> "f**king" myself. (further expletive opinions deleted). I have let Geoff
> know privately that I consider almost $100 for this book to be excessive
> and as far as I am concerned an unconscionable increase in amount over the
> original price at which it was listed of $77.00. I personally would like
> the option of choosing the paper it is printed on (I understand that this
> is possible) and quite frankly, I am very surprised at the vehemence of
> Nathan's stated opinion, *which I take personally*. I have been buying the
> "best" version of the book since 2007 and have never felt the need
> to criticize, but the price as it stands is too high for me. Bests to all
> Roger Rubin (vroger)
>
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