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[pnorman]

Thanks for your email. There are a couple of reasons I haven't reprinted the book. Initially, I couldn't find a publisher who would reprint it without requiring that I remove all of the chapters from it from my site. They get much more use online than they ever got in print so I wasn't willing to do that. The book would also be expensive to reprint because many of Twain's writings included in it are still covered by copyright. The hardcover edition barely broke even and a paperback edition might not sell enough to cover the permissions fees.

If you know anyone else who wants a copy of the book, I'll be selling a few of the paperback Philippine editition on eBay over the next month or two. I'm having what amounts to an online tag sale to clear out my book shelves a bit, and thought I'd sell those so people who need it can get a copy at a reasonable price -- $18.95 instead of Amazon's current range of $99-$253! You apparently got a good deal at $50. It's amazing to me that people are paying that much for the book. I thought people must bargain the bookstores down to a reasonable price, but the first copy I sold on eBay went to someone in Florida who bought the hardcover a year ago for $178.

Jim

Jim Zwick
BoondocksNet.com
[e-mail]


On 26 Oct 2006 at 6:57, ------ wrote:

Date sent: 26 Oct 2006 06:57:26 -0000
To: [e-mail]
Subject: "Weapons of Satire"



>
>
> Guided by a discussion on Democratic Underground, I saw mention of
your book
> of the above title. I was DELIGHTED to learn that it was available at
ANY
> price, and I ordered it at Amazon.com for $50. I'm just now getting
into it,
> and am very happy that I now have a copy of my own. Twain is probably
even
> more relevant to Iraq than Viet Nam!
>
> If there were any way that book could be republished > alternative press], I'm sure it would be very well receive in this
period of
> time.
>