Re: [DML] Re: Stainless Steel Illusion (Second Edition)$$$

[Louie Golden <louie@xxxx>]

[MODERATOR'S NOTE: Further followups with suggestions on how DMCH should handle SSI distribution should be directed to DMCH.]


I'm not questioning their "right" to be the sole distributor... obviously it's completely theirs since they've funded this venture. Like I said I'm ecstatic that they decided so! :-) They've done a lot of really great things for our cars in the past few years, such as remaking inferior/extinct parts, finally making some performance parts for our cars, etc. But this one I just have to quibble over... lol.

Let's look at this again. I was in Barnes & Noble the other day and there were countless "coffee table books" about almost every marque you can think of. Porsche, Mercedes, Ferrari, etc. Do you think everyone who buys one of those books is a diehard fan of the respected marque, and reads every mailing list and message board out there on them? Does every person who owns one of these books own the car that the book is about? Not hardly. You're right, one book won't change the future of our cars... but it sure can help. Ken Koncelik's DeLorean Car Show won't save the marque alone either, neither can the DML. It's COLLECTIVELY that these things add up, and really make a difference.

Again... kudos to DMC-H for doing this. Thanks for clarifying some things James. Maybe if the book sells well enough, one day it can be made available through other retail sources. Just think... it would be a great advertisement for their business! :-)

Louie Golden
VIN 10115 Sanford, NC

--- Andrew Prentis <aprentis@xxxx> wrote:
>Why have a problem with DMCH being the sole
>distributor?
>They've done all the work getting permission to
>publish it and organising the logistics of it.Why
>shouldn't they have the right to be the sole
>distributor? Any one can buy products from them.I live
>on the other side of the world and buy most of my
>parts there.Nearly all the parts for the cars
>originate from them so why should this book be any
>different?
>This book has been out of print for 20 years.Do you
>think that the knowledge and interest in the car has
>diminished in those proceeding years?I would argue
>quite the opposite.Thanks to BTTF and this mailing
>list (which I have referrred many would be enthusiats
>too) has not only helped keep " the dream" alive but
>made it stronger.One book won't change
>that.Realistically who is going to want to buy the
>book who isn't already interested in the car?
>I think its great news this book will once again
>become available and I thank DMCH for bringing it
>back.
>
>Andrew
>VIN 2883
>Sydney,Aus.

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