Ed and others, thanks much for your kind words about my books, I truly appreciate your comments.
jack rabbit, no big deal, an author just wants to think folks continue to value his accomplishments, and it appears from the used prices I found online, folks still do! After seeing how much they value Custom Rifles I'm going to hang onto the few copies I have left.
The dream of publishing a book is still alive and a very worthy goal. It was never easy for an amateur enthusiast to publish a book, and never will be. Getting a contract with a known publisher without a finished manuscript was always next to impossible. Books like Charlie Semmer's, Walt Snyder's and Bob Elliot's were always going to take an extraordinary enthusiasm, energy and a lot of the author's time and/or money. It still the same. These books have never been money makers so why should they be in these times of literary decline?
As some have said, it has never been easier to publish a book!
Every book takes an extraordinary effort from the author and is an extraordinary achievement with a satisfaction only known to those who accomplish it. Books with genuine content, even those of very narrow interest will endure as will the memory of the fellows who made them happen.
It is a bit different for those of us who are not wealthy, do not have a retirement income to look forward to and who thought of writing as a way to earn a living in advancing age. I NEED to make money from writing, that's just the way it is and the way it's always been. And I will find a way to do that. It is 1848, and I'm at...
Anybody remember how John James Audubon got his Portfolio published? Worthy?
