Jan C. Still Books

[Vlim]

I would hope that something could be done to make 'reasonably priced' versions available for the non-professional Luger enthusiasts.

Well, basically, you can forget that. Remember that it takes years of work and research to assemble the data. The only revenue that an author gets for this work is through the sale of his books. Book sales for this kind of publications (limited number of buyers) will NEVER repay the investment made. So before you complain about book prices, think about that.

Many authors offered years of their spare time to get you a reasonably priced book, complaining about them costing $100 is a bit silly, especially if you consider the amount of money you can save on your gun purchases because of the information supplied in these very books!

Trying to leech off the work of a gun book author (or any author) by providing (illegal) copies is just too sad to think about. It's theft, but worse, it's also an insult.

If you have any doubts about the matter, try writing a book

[LugerMan.com]

Originally Posted by Vlim

Well, basically, you can forget that. Remember that it takes years of work and research to assemble the data. The only revenue that an author gets for this work is through the sale of his books. Book sales for this kind of publications (limited number of buyers) will NEVER repay the investment made. So before you complain about book prices, think about that.

Many authors offered years of their spare time to get you a reasonably priced book, complaining about them costing $100 is a bit silly, especially if you consider the amount of money you can save on your gun purchases because of the information supplied in these very books!

Trying to leech off the work of a gun book author (or any author) by providing (illegal) copies is just too sad to think about. It's theft, but worse, it's also an insult.

If you have any doubts about the matter, try writing a book

The ROI for the creator of the book is understandable.
But author does not benefits when the book, that was originally sold for $100 now sells for a $500.
That is a benefit going to original buyer of the book...

Author does benefits if he reprints the book and sells it for
$150-200 ...
and market benefits as well.

That was my question... why he does not print them anymore, when there is clearly a demand for it.