[Leica] THE YEARBOOK

[Richard Man]

Everyone take a deep breath. Don't take any criticism personally. I did and
I went off LUG for 3 months. No one cares, and neither did I XD, but there
are good people on this list. Some times heat of the moment and all that.

Cheer cheer cheer!

On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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