Jan C. Still Books

lugerholsterrepair · 04-10-2012, 07:33 PM

Trouble with publishing..there are minimums to bring the cost down to a reasonable level. Let's say you want to do a 2nd printing of Jan Still's Weimar Lugers..I would suspect to keep the cost to around $100-150 per copy you would have to have 500 of them printed at a wholesale price of $50= $25,000. Even at half of that..250 copies..$12,500 That's a sizeable investment that might be 5-10 years to sell all the copies.
Most serious Luger collectors already have their own copy so it might be a long hard sell to get rid of a couple of hundred books. Not everyone on the Planet wants such a specialized reference work so your eligible base of buyers is VERY small.
A lot of money put out for a questionable return at this late stage of life IMO.

04-10-2012, 07:33 PM	#3
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Trouble with publishing..there are minimums to bring the cost down to a reasonable level. Let's say you want to do a 2nd printing of Jan Still's Weimar Lugers..I would suspect to keep the cost to around $100-150 per copy you would have to have 500 of them printed at a wholesale price of $50= $25,000. Even at half of that..250 copies..$12,500 That's a sizeable investment that might be 5-10 years to sell all the copies. Most serious Luger collectors already have their own copy so it might be a long hard sell to get rid of a couple of hundred books. Not everyone on the Planet wants such a specialized reference work so your eligible base of buyers is VERY small. A lot of money put out for a questionable return at this late stage of life IMO. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."