Oops, that should be Four for the Money
George
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Tuttle" <
noirfiction@whoever.com>
> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Legal, but is it
ethical?
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:44:20 -0000
>
> Ah yes, Dan J. Marlowe! Vengeance Man and The Name
of the Game Is
> Death (original version) are the obvious choices,
but they were
> already reprinted by the original Black Lizard. One
for the Money is
> another great Dan J. Marlowe novel, but I'm personal
choice (though
> its probably not marketable) would be anthology of
Marlowe's short
> fiction; he is one of the true masters of noir short
fiction, my
> second favorite next to Robert Turner.
>
> George the Librarian
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "hardcasecrime"
<editor@...> wrote:
> >
> > > who are we to criticize
Charles's
> > > business model?
> >
> > Thanks -- but that's all right, everyone should
feel free to
> > criticize my business model (especially if I
stick my neck out by
> > posting about it here).
> >
> > I can't say my approach is right, or the best
possible approach, or
> > that anyone else's is wrong; all I can do is
exlain what I do (and
> > don't do) and why.
> >
> > To answer your question, we don't have any
Marlowe in the queue right
> > now, but I'd love to do one at some point if we
turned up just the
> > right title.
> >
> > --Charles
> >
> > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@
wrote:
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > >
> > > "While your intentions seem to be noble, I
think you're overlooking
> > some
> > > points and glossing over others. To turn a
profit, any profit, after
> > > only a year or so in a niche market
such
> as this is fantastic. And
> > in
> > > order to do this you've admitted that you
have had to select titles
> > you
> > > think will sell and with which you have
exclusivity by contract.
> > That
> > > business model seems to automatically
exclude works in the public
> > > domain, which is unfortunate since there
are a lot of works in the
> > > public domain that deserve
reprinting."
> > >
> > > Yes, I would love to read Chaze's book,
and I would buy a Hard Case
> > > Crime edition of it (and it's highly
doubtful that I'll buy a POD
> > of it,
> > > since I'm enough of a collector geek that
I want the artifact in my
> > > hands). However, who are we to criticize
Charles's business model?
> > > Even if Charles chooses to pass on public
domain material, I can't
> > > imagine him running out of reprint
material any time soon.
> > >
> > > Sure, there are plenty of books I'd like
to see reprinted that he
> > > probably won't (any Dan Marlowe on the
horizon?), but I'm very
> > happy to
> > > read the ones he has. Sure, I've got some
quibbles (Night Walker
> > is the
> > > least of the Hamiltons I've read, for
instance), but they're minor.
> > > Thank you Charles (and your partners) for
introducing me to a lot of
> > > great old (and new) books I might not
otherwise have been able to
> > read.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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