Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:14:00 -0500 To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Blatant self promotion Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> At 06:52 PM 12/14/04, Michael Walsh wrote: >One of my fellow small press publishers has forwarded this editorial >snipped from the latest issue of Locus: > >"The non-professional small press has always served important functions >in SF, doing books the large presses won't do--especially collections, >non-fiction work of limited interest, and fine limited editions. Now >something new has been added: keeping important books in print. Old >Earth Books has published new hardcover editions of four award-winning >SF novels that are out of print. These four books -- A Mirror for >Observers and Davy by Edgar Pangborn, and City and Way Station by >Clifford Simak -- should never be out of print. They're cornerstone >books in the field. In Britain there is a classic series that keeps >important books in print--why not here? Meanwhile, please support Old >Earth Books." > >Wow. Very, very nice. Meanwhile, did you know that there are several patron saints for publishers? http://www.catholicforum.com/saints/pst00081.htm