When there is no book, what is a press?

[mjp]

Some of them at least. ...know some songs. Some have even heard...

Some. In Norway.

I certainly could be wrong. I usually am. But I base my observation on many years of asking kids about The Beatles. The general lack of knowledge was demonstrated last week when they made the kids on American Idol sing Beatles songs, and most of them had never heard the songs they were singing.

One of them summed it up when he said, "I've heard of them..."

Hearing of and listening to and knowing are very different things. The kids in Norway may be much more into the history of pop or rock music than American kids. That's also a possibility (probability?). We have very little respect for history here, not just musical history.

It's hard to blame the American kids though, since when I was 15 years old I wasn't listening to music made 30 years before I was born either. I was interested in the history of rock music, but I was a musician, so it's a little different.

 

[SILVER BIRCH]

You're kidding, right? Of course there is a charge to the author. It's called the publisher's cut.

Please don't play the martyr. It's unbecoming. We're all trying to comport ourselves in a dignified manner here. Good lord, man.

Not trying to play martyr. Poor choice of words (mine). Of course, you are correct about publisher's cut (if there is something to cut...)

...for the record, we have decided to create a BUKOWSKI ANTHOLOGY (instead of including the material in our SUMMER ANTHOLOGY). All contributors will receive a paperback copy of the book, which will be released in August (for Buk's birthday)..

 

[jordan]

I was looking at Kerouac first editions on eBay last night and was shocked that prices seem to have fallen, and by a lot. Only a few years ago (last time I checked) a hardcover 1st with dust jacket of On The Road went for thousands. Now they are in the hundreds. Or maybe I am remembering something special, like $5,000 for a signed first, but still, I was shocked by the low prices. Maybe he is being forgotten by the masses.

i didn't see any true first printings with original DJs for under $1500. a lot of them are later printings or facsimile dustjackets.