> There is a niche market for Black Wings. But is it a
big enough niche
> for Hard Case? It wasn't a big enough niche for
Random House and I
> assume they were given the book for free. In the
past other publisher
> have kick around the idea of reprinting some of
these old originals,
> Carroll and Graf reprinted Harry Whittington's
You'll Die Next! I have
> always theorized that this was a failed test
balloon, since no other
> titles followed.
Sort of like Vintage only printing Web of Murder. I think
they probably would have done more had that sold well. That's
too bad, because I think Harry Whittington was a good writer
and prolific. Like with Fredric Brown, who was almost as
prolific, I've never read a bad Harry Whittington novel and
I've read a lot of them.
Black Wings is an interesting case for a lot of reasons.
There are some dealers who claim to have Black Lizard copies
for which they are asking hundreds of dollars. Even if you
can find the original, it usually goes for over a hundred
dollars. That means demand is pushing those prices up.
Jeff
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