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Subject: Records of Old Hunterdon County
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:20:35 EST
I checked the Higginson Books website today to make sure. They have
none of D'Autrechey's books.
I spoke to someone personally at the HCHS (sometime ago) about this
very issue , and they did not sound as though they were inclined to do a reprint
of this book.
Perhaps if everyone on the list would drop them a line and urge them
to do a reprint, they might reconsider as they would see that there is a ready
market.
I think the costs of publishing are escalating, and a certain amount
of books must ordered from the publisher upfront. Therefore they are afraid
that they will find themselves with books that they can not sell and that
they will lose money. Plus right now they have scant place to store piles of
unsold books.
Perhaps if we can convince them that the market is there, that will do
the trick.
Now, since Mrs. D'Autrechey has died, I suppose they would have to get
the permission of her estate to reprint the book, but I wouldn't think that
that would be a problem.
Kay
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