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Re: Times Article

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:34:04 -0400 (EDT)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

What about the Fredonia JV reprints from the Netherlands that appear on
Amazon.com?

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, N Wolcott wrote:

> For marketing reasons apparently books published outside the US do not
> appear in "Books in Print" and hence do not make it elsewhere such as
> Amazon. Even books published in Canada are unavailable in the US I have
> found. There is a special site "Worldwide books in print", requiring a
> separate subscription, and dnot used by librarians etc. R.R. Bowker is the
> culprit.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wbutcher" <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
> To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Times Article
>
>
> > The book must be selling well, since it's in 5294th position on the
> > Amazon.uk bestselling list. But why don't Luath offer it to Amazon.com?
> >
> > Bill
> > wbutcher~at~netvigator.com
> > http://verne.tk/
> > 1/F, 46A, Lung mei Village, Taipo, Hong Kong
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf
> Of
> > Ian Thompson
> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 April, 2005 4:18 PM
> > To: Jules Verne Forum
> > Subject: Re: Times Article
> >
> > Brian,
> > Rick's message is correct...The Underground City, Luath Press, Edinburgh,
> > was published on the centenary anniversary day of Verne's death. I guess
> > that Amazon is your best way of getting it. I can't vouch in detail for
> the
> > translation. I just wrote a short Foreward and provided a map which I
> > thought would help non-Scots (including our friends south of the border!)
> to
> > locate the events. The most interesting aspect of the project was that as
> a
> > result there was considerable reaction in the media here, (press and
> radio)
> > and I gave seven public lectures across Scotland. Clearly Verne's
> connection
> > with Scotland was virtually unknown except to those who had read
> "Backwards
> > to Britain". He has now been adopted as an honorary native son!
> > Best wishes,
> > Ian
> >
> >
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Brian Taves
Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
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Telephone: 202-707-9930; 202-707-2371 (fax)
Email: btav~at~loc.gov


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Received on Thu 21 Apr 2005 - 02:34:19 IDT

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