Re: Suggesting that an old book be reprinted?
- From: "Carl Anderson" <theauthority@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:13:12 -0700
You should write a book entitled
"How to be a social leper on Usenet"
"michael adams" <mjadams28@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Billy Bob" <billybobnospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "michael adams" wrote in message
> > >
> > > The question is really how many other people share your interest in
> > > billiards ? The market in secondhand billiard titles may be driven
> > > by certain well off individuals - nouveau riche people who maybe like
> > > to install a billiard room in their newly acquired mansion - while
> > there's
> > > very little demand for reprints at all. Maybe, maybe not.
> > >
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> > I have a list of over 300 English language books on billiards which have
> > been published since the 1700's. And I know my list is not complete. If
> you
> > go to a large new bookstore, you will see many new recently published
> books
> > on pool/billiards. If you stick it on the shelf, they will buy it
> > basically.
> >
> > And if you go to a used book store, you will see little or nothing on
pool
> > or billiards. Many used book dealers will say they can't keep them on
the
> > shelves. As soon as they get used books on billiards, they are gone.
> >
> > There are millions of people who play pool/billiards/snooker worldwide.
> > Note that just about every bar or tavern has a few pool tables.
> >
> > And then larger cities have billiard halls, some which are upscale, some
> > which cater to the "college crowd", and others which are more family
> > oriented.
> >
> > One national chain has opened billiard halls in the following cities:
> > Austin, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, San
Antonio,
> > Tyler, Waco, Orlando, Phoenix, Tucson, Baton Rouge, and Memphis.
> >
> > There is no one specific "class" of people who have pool tables in their
> > homes. Many people have them in their garage or basement.
> >
> > And it is sort of like a golf thing, where everyone will buy anything
> which
> > might help to improve their game. But this game is "secretive".
Techniques
> > on shooting specific shots are not shared by the best players, however,
> > many times these secrets were discussed in older books. Thus the big
> > interest in older books.
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> Having "Secrets" in the title of any book is supposedly a great help.*
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> So maybe "Secrets of the Billiards Masters" subtitled "As taken
> from in the best books on the subject published over the last
> 300 years".
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> But then 10 years ago anyone who said having the phrase "For Dummies"
> in a book title would probably have been laughed at.
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> So it's "Secrets of the Billiards Masters For Dummies" then.
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> So away you go, get tapping:-)
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> michael adams
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