11-11-2012, 08:08 PM
Hi Mark
Can I simply say that writing books on vintage radio is not a way to a financial fortune. It is - as I'm sure you will understand - a labour of love. The hope is to break even and I've achieved that after taking into account printing costs, electricity usage and midnight oil, even petrol costs and the forced supply of free books to key libraries around the British Isles. Add to that the need for an ISBN, the purchase of wrappers and the cost of postage and it becomes a close run thing indeed, profit and loss accounting almost balancing. I know, why do it? A good question. The answer is because I can and because nobody else is making the effort. I'd hate to see the work of past generations lost forever and that is the driving force. And, I guess, it is part of the teacher in me, even though I've been retired 11 years. I'm delighted you find the book of some use.
Cheers,
Tony
Can I simply say that writing books on vintage radio is not a way to a financial fortune. It is - as I'm sure you will understand - a labour of love. The hope is to break even and I've achieved that after taking into account printing costs, electricity usage and midnight oil, even petrol costs and the forced supply of free books to key libraries around the British Isles. Add to that the need for an ISBN, the purchase of wrappers and the cost of postage and it becomes a close run thing indeed, profit and loss accounting almost balancing. I know, why do it? A good question. The answer is because I can and because nobody else is making the effort. I'd hate to see the work of past generations lost forever and that is the driving force. And, I guess, it is part of the teacher in me, even though I've been retired 11 years. I'm delighted you find the book of some use.
Cheers,
Tony
