I would too, but some of them are just TOO expensive, too rare, or, in the worst case scenario, both. So, the reprints do just fine.
Eric
]]>McFarland actually was at the top of that very short list. I was genuinely but pelasantly surprised when I heard that Westholme wanted to do the book. I have heard fairly good things about them, and was fully prepared to present the manuscript proposal to them.
I have long toyed with the idea of doing a regimental of the 6th Michigan Cavalry. If I do, McFarland seems like a good option for it.
Congratulations on your book. I’ve heard good things about it.
Eric
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Andy
d say they have their niche in the library market, where $45 to $60 price tags for 200-page-books are apparently not too big of an issue. By the way, IMO, many of their books are only 200 pages because the font size is unusually small. Saves paper I guess.
In an earlier rant, you wrote how you were considering several publishers for your work on the 6th Pa. Cavalry. Prior to announcing that you had chosen Westholme, my guess was that McFarland might have been on your short list. For me, I found them a pleasure to work with --- the epitome of southern hospitality. Despite one important disappointment at publication, Iâ€d consider them again, assuming that I had firm assurances that this issue would not reoccur. Live and learn as they say...
Happy Holidays!
Paul Taylor]]>Your experience as a publisher of regimental histories caught my attention because it was a story I heard at least four or five times while I was searching for a publisher for my history of the 26th NYSV. Like your firm, a number of small and/or well-known Civil War publishers responded to my inquiries by stating that they were no longer doing regimental histories, period. A few smaller companies told me that they had even stopped publishing Civil War titles altogether! This was around late 2003 – early 2004 and probably hasn’t changed since then.
My book was accepted and published earlier this year by McFarland, who seem to do quite a few regimentals in spite of an apparent industry trend to shy away from them. I’d say they have their niche in the library market, where $45 to $60 price tags for 200-page-books are apparently not too big of an issue. By the way, IMO, many of their books are only 200 pages because the font size is unusually small. Saves paper I guess.
In an earlier rant, you wrote how you were considering several publishers for your work on the 6th Pa. Cavalry. Prior to announcing that you had chosen Westholme, my guess was that McFarland might have been on your short list. For me, I found them a pleasure to work with — the epitome of southern hospitality. Despite one important disappointment at publication, I’d consider them again, assuming that I had firm assurances that this issue would not reoccur. Live and learn as they say…
Happy Holidays!
Paul Taylor
Remind me some time, and I will tell you a long story.
I used to spend a LOT of money with Morningside, but I absolutely and categorically refuse to spend a dime with or through that company today.
Anybody who is as fond of the moniker SOB as that man is deserves to be called SOB.
Eric
]]>I always wondered what he was like for an author to work with. Ed seems to have a great working relationship with him.
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