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Re: way to go rick!

From: thomas mccormick <tom_amity~at~hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:19:20 +0000
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il

We've got a Barnes & Noble here in Lincoln, NE. I needed to special-order
the Kravitz/Butcher/Evans version of Mysterious Island, and they didn't have
the Stump version either, though the local library does have the Stump but
not the other - probably because Stump teaches at the University here.

Tom


>From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
>Reply-To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>Subject: Re: way to go rick!
>Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 19:53:31 -0400 (EDT)
>
>What you say, Tom, would have been the case for me also, ten years
>ago--but no longer. I am seeing predominantly better translations on
>bookstore shelves, and fewer of the Mercier etc. editions. But I live in
>Washington, D.C. and am only in the large Borders or B&N chain
>stores. Where do you live, and what kind of stores are you including?
>
>Brian Taves
>email: <btav~at~loc.gov>
>
>
>Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.
>
>On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, thomas mccormick wrote:
>
> > Hmm. It looks as if the publisher wanted to cash in on the popularity of
> > this book, and they looked for an edition that wasn't under copyright.
>What
> > a drag that you can't find the Miller or the Butcher version in most
> > bookstores.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > >From: "BGYKrauth" <BGYKrauth~at~t-online.de>
> > >Reply-To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> > >To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> > >Subject: Re: way to go rick!
> > >Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:12:32 +0200
> > >
> > >Bravo!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >mail from:
> > >
> > >Bernhard Krauth
> > >
> > >have a look at:
> > >
> > >www.jules-verne-club.de
> > >
> > >www.bernhard-krauth.de
> > >
> > >www.bremerhavenpilot.de
> > >
> > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Taves" <btav~at~loc.gov>
> > >To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> > >Cc: <merchant~at~latech.edu>; <Briantaves1879~at~cs.com>
> > >Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 2:38 AM
> > >Subject: Re: way to go rick!
> > >
> > >
> > >>Use of the Amazon reviews has been discussed by the NAJVS pub/trans
>cmte,
> > >>as a way to alert innocent buyers of what they're getting, and hitting
>the
> > >>publishers where they might notice--in sales figures. Jean-Michel and
>I
> > >>coauthored the following ....
> > >>
> >
> >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2VMARA13E0P0E/ref=cm_cr_auth/102-3950293-9394555?%5Fencoding=UTF8
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Brian Taves
> > >>Email: btav~at~loc.gov
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, David Merchant wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> From Hoovers:
> > >>>
> > >>>Jack Romanos President and CEO
> > >>>Simon & Schuster, Inc.
> > >>>1230 Avenue of the Americas
> > >>>New York, NY 10020
> > >>>Phone: 212-698-7000
> > >>>Fax: 212-698-7099
> > >>>
> > >>>At 07:50 PM 3/23/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> > >>> >Call 'em as you seem 'em and put publishers on notice!
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> >http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416500200/ref=cm_aya_asin.title/102-3604325-8167302?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>TTFN,
> > >>>David
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>Director of Integrated Technology
> > >>>CATALyST
> > >>>Louisiana Tech University
> > >>>catalyst.latech.edu
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
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>
>Brian Taves
>Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division
>Library of Congress
>101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540-4692
>Telephone: 202-707-9930; 202-707-2371 (fax)
>Email: btav~at~loc.gov
>
>
>Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.
>
>
>
>
>

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