Is early publication and early shipment part of the Limited Edition or the "Patron Package"? How early?
Bill: When I put my first announcement in
Parker Pages almost 6 months ago, I anticipated going it alone, with Tom Rowe's help, doing the type setting and layout, and having Man at Arms or Dan Cote or Schlifflers publish it. Had this been the case, I thought I could get it done for Xmas 2007 (wishful thinking).
But when Collector Books got involved, much to my relief, they have a different schedule, which is geared for Xmas 2008, and involves getting it in print during Summer 2008, so it can be cataloged by distributors and dealers by Labor Day. Thus it should all come together like some big solar eclipse on or before Labor Day 2008. Meanwhile, I'm offering "true believers" the opportunity to pre-subscribe to the Signed 500 Limited Edition, not so much that it will sell out immediatly and serious collectors will be left out, because there's always the Trade Edition, but I want "Patron" names up front to memorialize the circa 2007 "Players," so the collectors of fine guns who follow us in ten, twenty, and fifty years will know the people who were most interested today. EDM
