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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #30 on: February 18, 2015, 01:36:08 PM »
Amazon seem to be very good doing this. I recall one author who couldn't find a publisher to print his book for him so was selling his books out of his garage and discovered Amazon were offering his book on a discount.

As he said they had not made contact and as it cost him more than what amazon were offering to sell the books at to have them printed they would not be getting any either  ;).

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #31 on: February 18, 2015, 03:15:27 PM »
Ordered from book depository just now.
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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #32 on: February 18, 2015, 06:47:16 PM »
It's one of the bads that comes from all the good the old interweb provides us with.  Now,  y'all just remember all of this when Marv talks Stan into writing his book or better yet,  should they collaborate on one  :lolb:

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #33 on: February 18, 2015, 08:17:35 PM »
I've already got my name on a book...

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #34 on: February 18, 2015, 10:48:30 PM »
Gee, both of you guys are already published,  and all I have is one signed testimony and a couple of really eloquent Porta Jon postings.  Marv, any chance of obtaining an autographed copy?

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #35 on: February 18, 2015, 11:14:11 PM »
It seems a certain Marvin Klotz has gone on to his reward.

Marvin Klotz obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=173093457

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #36 on: February 18, 2015, 11:19:32 PM »
I was careful to say that I had my name on a book; I did not say that I wrote the book.  After all, can you picture me writing a book on literature?

The story goes like this...

When I was living in Westwood, quite close to the UCLA campus, I kept getting annoying phone calls from students requesting extensions on the due date for their papers.  They always referred to me as "Professor Klotz".

It happened enough that I investigated and discovered that there was a professor at the college with the surname "Klotz".  No amount of explanation of the confusion to the students seemed to stem the annoying phone calls so I just went with the flow and began giving anyone who called a four week extension.   :mischief:

After the prof retired I learned through my connections at the college that his given name was "Marvin".  What are the chances of two people with that set of names living a few miles from each other?

One day I was digging through the detritus at the local library book sale and stumbled on the pictured tome.  There I was or, rather, there he was; well, anyway, "we" had our name on the cover.

Books of literature appreciation are useless so the price was very low.  I snapped it up and now keep it on the coffee table to (falsely) impress yuppie pseudo-intellectuals when they wander in from wherever people like that live.
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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #37 on: February 19, 2015, 02:20:19 PM »
Just got the shipping notification, should see my copy in about a week.
Looking forward to it  :ThumbsUp:
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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #38 on: February 19, 2015, 03:12:07 PM »
Thanks for clearing that up Marv.  I'd say the probability of finding 2 Marvin Klotz's within a few miles from each other likely matches the probability of a mathematician writing a book about literature. :ROFL:

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #39 on: February 20, 2015, 02:42:06 PM »
Well, since we're chattering.

My real name is the same as someone more well-known than me, and I used to regularly get calls telling me my airline tickets and hotel reservations were ready for travel to (Name your big city of choice in the USA).

Can't say I didn't fantasize about confirming for a few seconds after that.

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #40 on: February 20, 2015, 03:56:25 PM »
Got a notice my book was shipped.  Should be here in less than a week.
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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #41 on: February 20, 2015, 05:15:22 PM »
I got mine for Christmas and have been slowly reading through it (Don't want to read it all in one sitting).  It's well done and her work is just amazing.  Really nice book.
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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #42 on: February 20, 2015, 05:47:09 PM »
Amazon US currently has a bunch of new copies from sellers at reasonable prices, within a buck or two of the Amazon price. Most of the sellers are from UK, but shipping is cheap. Mine is on the way...
A couple listed at crazy prices - they will be there for a while! Saw the same thing when buying Kozos' train books, still in print at list price from publisher, some sellers asking 3 or 4 times that. Nuts!
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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #43 on: February 20, 2015, 08:07:01 PM »
Quote from: /// on February 19, 2015, 02:20:19 PM
Just got the shipping notification, should see my copy in about a week.
Looking forward to it  :ThumbsUp:

Where did you order from?  I have an order with Amazon (US) and it still says its waiting for stock...

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Re: Cherry's Model Engines
« Reply #44 on: February 20, 2015, 08:34:26 PM »
Just got my shipping notice from Book Depository. :pink elephant:

They seem to have sufficient supply

http://www.bookdepository.com/Cherrys-Model-Engines-David-Carpenter/9780719814211

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