Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] [Fwd: Re: Book request status]

[Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM>]

Hi,

I feel it is very generous of George to offer his book. I imagine he has
a box or two on hand as the publisher was Kittredge Industries. The books are already printed and paid for. I imagine he felt that maybe the PSUBS guys might want them. I know plenty of us had invited him to the convention so maybe there is a connection.

For the record George had a lot of events that kept him from coming to the convention. He wanted to come.

When Doug Farrow distributed Busby's "Manned Submersibles", he was under an agreement to not profit from the books. Actually everyone who received a copy is under the same obligation not to profit from the book financially. No eBay. However Doug was not independantly wealthy so shipping over 200 heavy books would of crimped his family budget. He requested everyone send in $5 for each book to defray shipping and handling. Personally I thought the request was more than fair.

I was just thinking that if George got buried under requests that it would be nice to help him out. At this point I am collecting names and addresses.
On Tuesday I will send the list to George. We will see from there. For now
send no money. Just be willing to do it if necessary.

Regards,
Ray



steve wrote:
> 
> Ray you are indeed a star.  i would gladly send a donation just tell me
> where?
> I admit though i wasn't aware anyone had sent a donation to Doug, i feel
> kinda bad now.
> 
> Steve Bosworth
> UK
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Keefer" <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:35 PM
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] [Fwd: Re: Book request status]
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here is the latest word from the good Captain. What he doesn't know is
> that
> > ten (as of now) non-attendees want a copy. If you guys were close enough
> for me to pass around a Thank You card to sign, I would. Maybe we should all
> send
> > him $5 like we did for Doug Farrow.
> >
> > What you think?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ray
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: Book request status
> > Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:46:46 -0400
> > From: George Kittredge
> > To: Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM
> >
> > At 08:55 AM 9/18/03 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hi George,
> > >
> > >Just to let you know the status of things and to pose a few questions.
> > >
> > >I am putting together a list of those who attended the 2003 Convention
> and
> > >want a copy of your book. So far I have seven names. I will send you the
> > >final list on Tuesday.
> > >
> > >A few of the convention participants said they are willing to pay for
> their
> > >postage. I would like to help out as well. About how much does it cost to
> > >send each book?
> > >
> > >Your offer was for just those who attented the convention. However since
> > >I sent the announcement to the whole alias a few people (two so far) who
> > >did not attend the convention responded. They would like to get a copy of
> > >your book and have not been able to get them from other sources since it
> > >is out of print. Would you be willing to send copies to them? Should they
> > >pay you for the cost of the book? Postage? What can we work out?
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Ray
> >
> > Ray,  For those who attended the convention, everything including postage
> > will be free.  For those that want the book but didn't attend the
> > convention, the book will be free but they can pay either the priority
> rate
> > or the slow rate whichever they want. I think the priority rate is $3.95
> > and I will check what the slow rate is.
> >
> > Regards,  george