Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Update on Busby Books: Sold Out!

["Steven Mills" <barycenter@earthlink.net>]

Way to go, Doug!  Kudos.


Thanks, --Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SeaLordOne@aol.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 3:38 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Update on Busby Books: Sold Out!


> Teammates,
> 
> After filling the orders I received today, the 200 "lost Busbys" will all be 
> gone...distributed to Psubbers in 18 countries and 26 states.  I will ask Jon 
> and Ray to take down the Busby offer on the website.  I will not be taking 
> any new orders...I have no more books left.
> 
> For those of you who have placed orders over 30 days ago and have still not 
> received your book, please e-mail me directly at SeaLordOne@aol.com.  I have 
> a book left for you.  For those who have placed orders in the last 30 days, 
> please be patient.  I have enough left for all those who have already placed 
> an order, but no more.  If I end up with an extra copy or two when the dust 
> all settles, I will offer them up.  Otherwise, the well is dry.
> 
> I also have a couple of extra books pre-positioned overseas.  I ask those of 
> you with this extra copy to contact me.  Thank you.
> 
> I am now out of the Busby Book business.  It has been an honor to have my 
> name associated, in even this indirect way, with such a magnificant volume.  
> I will now rely on those few of you who indicated you would either (1) put 
> Busby on a website, or (2) make CD's of the book available, to take over from 
> me and keep this information available to the community.  This book is in the 
> public domain...there is no copyright.  You can even sell the CD's for a 
> profit if you want to..it is perfectly legal.  Psubs could make a buck or two 
> that way.  The books I distributed were covered by an exclusive deal I had 
> with the Navy, but your CD's (or even photocopies) would be totally public 
> domain.
> 
> I am now going to look for some other way to support the Psubs community.  I 
> am not sure what I will do just yet.  Any good deeds you can suggest?
> 
> I have toyed with the idea of starting a submarine library, but after mailing 
> 200 books around the world over the last year, that seems a little too same 
> old- same old.  I also thought about organizing and tagging the archives.  
> Using the old 80/20 rule, you can probably get 80% of the hard core submarine 
> data from reading 20% of the posts, if someone would simply indentify those 
> 20%.  I could also organize them by topic: wet subs, batteries, prices, 
> distributors, etc.  Or perhaps I will develop a series of white papers on 
> various topics.  I am not sure.  What do you think the community needs?
> 
> Prepare To Dive...Dive!,
> 
> Doug Farrow
>