[Coco] Update on CoCo Book

[Bill Loguidice]

A thousand would get attention, yes, and I think it would safely be
considered a success. Modest, but in today's book climate, that would be
respectable.

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On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> I have absolutely no idea what would be considered "lots of copies"
> for something like this.  A thousand, maybe??
>
> Art
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>
> wrote:
> > That's a good question. Generally speaking, the prices don't fluctuate
> much
> > post release for a book like this, but there are times when the publisher
> > will have discounts that affect the Amazon (and other retailer's) price.
> > The good thing with ordering from a place like Amazon is that you only
> get
> > charged when it actually ships, and they automatically give you the
> lowest
> > available price, meaning if the price you locked in at pre-order is
> cheaper
> > than the ship date price, you get it for the pre-order price. It's a
> > win-win in that regard.
> >
> > I appreciate the comment about royalties. As long as the book is bought
> new
> > from somewhere, it counts as a sale. There's really no money to be made
> > here, but we'd love to sell lots of copies of this particular book for a
> > variety of reasons, including the difficulty in getting a publisher
> > interested in the first place. In other words, I'd love to prove them
> wrong
> > that there's not a good market for a book on an obscure topic like this!
> >
> > ===================================================
> > Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade,
> > Inc.<http://www.armchairarcade.com>
> > ===================================================
> > Authored Books<
> http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1>and
> > Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to
> get
> > in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice>
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> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Bill, does Amazon generally discount books more heavily when they are
> >> in the pre-publication stage than they do after publication?  Will I
> >> likely get a better deal by popping over to  Amazon and ordering now
> >> rather than waiting?  (I'm assuming that your royalties don't care one
> >> way or the other--wouldn't want to shortchange you personally!)
> >>
> >> Art
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Bill Loguidice <
> bill at armchairarcade.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Retail price is $39.95 for the paperback. The color ebook version is
> >> > slightly less. I always recommend that books be purchased online from
> >> > places like Amazon or Wal-Mart whenever possible. For instance, the
> >> > paperback version on Amazon is presently $33.14.
> >> >
> >> > -Bill
> >> >
> >> > ===================================================
> >> > Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade,
> >> > Inc.<http://www.armchairarcade.com>
> >> > ===================================================
> >> > Authored Books<
> >> http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1
> >and
> >> > Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to
> >> get
> >> > in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice>
> >> > ===================================================
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:21 PM, mike delyea <mdelyea at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I'm interested in the book, any idea of what the retail price will
> be?
> >> >> There must have been a bit of Photoshopping on the cocos to make them
> >> >> appear so white.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Ronivon Costa <
> ronivon.costa at gmail.com
> >> >> >wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Very cool Boisy... first time I heard you are writing this book.
> >> >> > Hope it will available everywhere.
> >> >> > :)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 12 September 2013 19:00, Boisy Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com> wrote:
> >> >> > > Hi everyone,
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > We've finally gotten the cover for our upcoming book "CoCo: The
> >> >> Colorful
> >> >> > History of Tandy's Underdog Computer." You can see it on my blog
> post
> >> >> here:
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > http://latenightcoco.blogspot.com/2013/09/almost-done.html
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Best regards.
> >> >> > > -----------------
> >> >> > > Boisy G. Pitre | Founder
> >> >> > > Phone 337.781.3570
> >> >> > >
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