Re: [AGA-mcm] [APD] Re: Kasselmann's Book (fwd)

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

We would sell the book along with the translation? Or just
the translation?

sh

--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> > Sticking with AGA providing otherwise non-translated
> stuff
> > that Anglo folks can't otherwise get, that kind of
> program
> > fits the purposes imo. I wouldn't want an exclusive;
> I'd
> > want to fill a hole and if the hole disappears, then
> I'd
> > want to stop trying to fill it. I.e., if some
> commmerical
> > venture decided to bring in the material in English --
> > that's when we'd drop out and let pure unbridled
> capitalism
> > have its way.
> 
> Precisely.  I think this needs to be our way of thinking
> about the Book 
> Sales.  Let Gomberg and Hudson and the other e-tailers
> fight with Amazon. 
> We should not sell the new edition of the Tropica book.
> We should find the things they don't have the resources
> to produce.
> 
> > No, I don't have any notion that we would make money on
> > this -- although we might recover some -- maybe a lot
> -- of
> > the expenses. But if we keep it simple and on leash it
> > could be a desireable, appropriate, even *noble* use of
> AGA
> > money.
> 
> This is also EXACTLY why I think we should do these
> things.  I want us 
> eventually to break even on TAG from memberships and ads,
> and be able to 
> spend convention income on interesting and useful
> projects like the 
> beginner's guide or this.  Some "other" things we can
> clearly do for the 
> hobby.
> 
> > If we're going to suppose about the translation
> program,
> > then next we should suppose some of these things:
> >
> > What's B&W laserprint/photocopy? $0.30/per page?
> 
> Should be much less than that -- more like 0.05 per page,
> 0.08 
> double-sided, over at Costco.
> 
> > How many pages is the CK book and, minus the pics, and
> > How many text pages (8.5x11) does that translate into?
> 
> Looks like about 160 TAG-like pages.  I would assume 100
> tag-sized printed 
> pages, or 25 double-sided 8.5x11" sheets.  At 10 
> cents per page, that might cost us about $2.50 per
> booklet, though 
> I don't think we can do saddle-stitching on that size. 
> Perhaps 11x17 
> folded then as a 50-page booklet.   At any rate, you can
> see we could 
> easily do this on the cheap, even printing on-demand.
> 
> > Who will administer?
> 
> Excellent question, but theoretical at this point.
> 
> > Who speaks and writes Deutche? Even better, who speaks
> and
> > writes Deutche, loves plants, and likes working for AGA
> > wages? I can do a few words my grandmothers taught me
> but I
> > doubt they occur in CK's work.
> 
> The only person I know of who could fit this bill so far
> is/was Michael 
> Eckardt.  Dunno if he's up for something that huge. 
> Perhaps we could 
> query the membership.  Offer a small stipend. Maybe test
> them out on a TAG 
> article from Christel.
> 
> Again, just some more ideas.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> -- 
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
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