Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:39:17 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: WSFA Press
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Barry Newton, looking north to Sommerville, wrote:

>Interestingly, Michael Walsh said:
>>But . . . again, I raise the question of *how* we take money & ship =
them.  =
>>Don't look at me, I'm on the road way to much - away most of July as an =
=
>>example - to do any sort of shipping.
>
>Just as a thought. . .would it be worth trying to get NESFA Press to =
sell
>them for a cut?  They certainly must be set up for shipping, and here
>they've got product with no up-front expense.  Don't know if our =
writers
>are "classic" enough for them, though.

They have been approached, but I believe they felt it would be more work =
than they have time for.

It might be more worthwhile to approach them about including an advertising=
 flyer with shipments to individuals. (There *might* be a tax issue about =
advertising, they being a 501c3 tax exempt, and we're something else.)

So, the NESFA Press purchaser receives a WSFA Press flyer, who then sends =
their money to us and we somehow make the book appear on the doorstep . . =
. by Roscoe, I love magic.

mjw

>
>Barry
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