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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