Apologies to the list.  The letter to Ms. Reed was intended for the
Blackburn Press and not the histarch list.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

Allen Vegotsky
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Vegotsky <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Authors and Admirers of Out-of-Print Books


>Dear Ms. Reed:
>
>    I was very much interested in your announcement of the Blackburn Press'
>related to publishing "out of print" books of a scientific and technical
>nature.  I serve on a committee of the Society for Georgia Archaeology,
>representing Georgia's professional and avocational archaeologists, as well
>as the interested public.  We have recently purchased the copyright of
>Dickens and McKinley's outstanding book "Frontiers in the Soil."  The
>original 10,000 copies are all sold out, have become "collectables," and
the
>book is out of print.  Our plan is to reprint this book, provide a
>scientific evaluation, and update it.  A professional archaeologist is
>already updating the Teacher's Manual that complements the text book.
>
>    This is a very preliminary inquiry to find out if your organization is
>interested in reprinting the book.  This unique 111-page paperback book is
>scientific and technical, yet geared to a young audience, about the 8th
>grade level.  The special features of this book that have appealed to
>student audiences and the general public include a text that is
>intellectually procovative, a hand-printed script and many color pictures
>drawn by McKinley, one of the authors.  It also includes an excellent
>Teacher's Manual with a more conventional format.  We could provide
>camera-ready material on a disk.  For more information, please refer to two
>book reviews, one by John L. Cotter in the Journal, "Archaeology," 1981,
and
>the second by John R. White in "Historical Archaeology," Vol. l7, No. 2,
pp.
>112-124 (1983).
>
>    There is much more to be said about "Frontiers in the Soil," but at
this
>point, I would just like to know whether Blackburn Press is interested in
>pursuing the possibility of publishing this book.  Thank you for your
>consideration.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Allen Vegotsky, Ph.D.
>Chairman, Portfolio Committee, SGA
>
>(770) 270-1034
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frances Reed <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Monday, October 15, 2001 7:04 PM
>Subject: Authors and Admirers of Out-of-Print Books
>
>
>>Dear HISTARCH-L Members:
>>
>>We are a relatively new publishing company dedicated to keeping in print
>and
>>available for purchase book titles which larger publishers have lost
>>interest in and have declared "out of print". We are especially interested
>>in scientific and technical book titles.
>>
>>If you are author whose book is out of print, or if you are aware of an
out
>>of print book which you believe has value and should be returned to print,
>>please contact us. Keeping valuable book titles in print and availabe is
>>what we do.
>>
>>Frances Reed
>>Publisher
>>The Blackburn Press
>>[log in to unmask]
>>973-228-7077
>>973-228-7276
>>www.blackburnpress.com
>>
>