Brian,
I paid $99 for the books while in Wolfe County and got Clayton to
autograph them. He also had the rights on the Eastern Kentuckian which
I believe the copyright had been infringed upon. That too was left to
his widow. Has anyone contacted the family about republishing? She may
be willing to allow a historical or genealogical society to republish them.
David R. Smith, Pres.
Knott Historical Society
Brian K. Caudill wrote:
At 11:49 PM 5/22/2006, Lenny F. Caudill, II, wrote:
> It's been tried a hundred times before. Maybe ... we can get the
> publisher to make another printing.
> I'd commit to purchasing the three volume set if republished. Add
> your name to the bottom and let's see how many folks will commit to
> buy. Cost = probably $300 I'd guess.
> 1. Lenny Caudill
> 2.
The publisher that Clayton Cox used for "Appalachia Crossroads:
The Caudill Family" was Gateway Press, Inc., whose address (as of 1993
when the book was published) was 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD
21202. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't claim to know for sure, but
Clayton's heirs (namely his wife and daughter) more than likely hold
the copyright to the book now and it would be up to them whether, or
not, to have it re-published. I don't think the publisher could do it
on their own. I'm sure that the upfront costs involved in having a
book of that size re-published is quite high and may be one of the
reasons why they chose not to have it re-published. I was fortunate
enough to be able to purchase my set of books at a pre-publication
price of about $75 which was probably close to about the break even
cost back in 1993. The post-publication cost for the three volume set
was around $110, or so, if I'm not mistaken. It would have been nice
if Clayton would have left the rights to his books, and his genealogy
research, to some organization such as a Genealogical or Historical
Society. That way it could be built upon and re-published from time
to time.
Brian K. Caudill
Malabar, FL
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