[PRCo] Re: Interesting item on eBay Canada web site item#1151606114: Street Railways of Pittsburgh, 1859-1967

[John F Bromley]

Amen


----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Galt" <galtfd at att.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Interesting item on eBay Canada web site
item#1151606114: Street Railways of Pittsburgh, 1859-1967


>
> On 7 Jun 01, at 7:16, johnfbromley at home.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Get your spare copies out and be ready to sell to the losers!!  The
> > fools are opening their wallets.
> >
> >  Price: Currently US $38.55
> >  The Street Railways of Pittsburgh, 1859-1967. This 32 page booklet by
> >  Tom E. Parkinson was published by the Light Rail Transport League and
> >  the Pennsylvania Railway Museum.
>
> This mock glee contrasts mightily with John's own observed
> practice.
>
> I can't share in the rejoicing. The fools are such as us. Maybe they
> were born too late, or had their copies stolen, or whatever.
> Regardless of the reason, there are too many fans chasing too few
> books.
>
> Meanwhile, what does Tom Parkinson gain from this scalping? Or
> LRTA? or PTM? Zilch. Nada.
>
> It is to be hoped that modern technology will enable authors and
> publishers to hold books in print indefinitely - thereby maintaining
> de facto control over their work, not just de jure - and make modest
> profits while keeping prices within the budgets of ordinary folk. And,
> perhaps, to reissue the old stuff as well. We all lose when
> knowledge becomes the private realm of the wealthy.
>
> Don
>