[DML] Re: Possibility of new out of print DeLorean books

[raddad@xxxx (Dick Ryan)]

As an experienced and successful bookseller, let me clarify a couple of
points before any of you get real excited about the possibililty of getting
a "new" copy of Stainless Steel Illusion.

"Print on demand" services have been around for a few years now. Most of
these services have been offered by book wholesalers who respond to orders
from retailers. The books offered to far have been of the more scholarly,
literary type. Typically these are text oriented books as opposed to
picture books.

The process is considerably more complicated that simply scanning a book
and then printing it. Two essential economic factors must be taken into
consideration; i.e., how many copies can be expected to be sold over a
measureable period of time and will the original
author/publisher/photographer grant permission to "reprint" the book.

The bottom line is that unless B&N (who is doing this in partnership with a
wholsaler), Ingram (a wholesaler who provides this service) or someone else
can see a sufficient demand for a particular book, it won't be "printed on
demand" becausse the cost would be even higher than the going rate for
"rare" book in question.

Dick Ryan
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