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RE: [GWL]: Timber Press

"North American Landscape Trees" is out-of-print, according to Arthur 
Lee.  Too bad, because it is wonderful.
Marty Wingate
Tom Ogren wrote:
> Re: [GWL]: Timber PressThat Timber Press book on purple plums Lon 
> mentioned, was written by Arthur Lee Jacobson, who is a great writer 
> about trees. His book, "North American Landscape Trees" (Ten Speed 
> Press), is one of the very finest and probably the most useful  book I 
> own on the subject.
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Lon J. Rombough 
>   To: Gardenwriters@topica.com 
>   Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:44 AM
>   Subject: Re: [GWL]: Timber Press
> 
> 
>   Timber Press is mainly for the person who is a fanatic on one plant and 
>   can produce a definitive work on it, but doesn't care about money, just 
>   getting their "baby" into print.  They do very small print runs, though 
>   they produce quality books with lots of photos and attractive layout.  
>   If you are a serious author, don't bother with them.  If you have the 
>   ultimate book on one plant, they will do a beautiful job.   
>   It can backfire on them, though.  They did a book on purple leaved plums 
>   that sold about 50 copies.  Beautifully done book, though.  Never 
>   thought there were that many varieties of purple leaved plums.
>   -Lon Rombough
>   Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at 
>   http://www.bunchgrapes.com
> 
>   ----------
>   From: BrookBarb@aol.com
>   To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>   Subject: Re: [GWL]: Timber Press
>   Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2002, 4:39 AM
> 
> 
> 
>     In a message dated 01/18/2002 4:24:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
>     garden@tiscali.co.uk writes: 
> 
> 
> 
>       The key elements of a Timber Press offer are generally as follows: 
> 
> 
> 
>     Sounds like about the worst arrangement I've ever heard of. Even my 
>     first book, published two decades ago by a bad publisher, carried a 
>     better deal than that. 
> 
> 
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