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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts 
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On Jul 28, 2010, Peo Olsson wrote: The "worth" of anything is what someone else is willing to pay for it.
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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On May 4, 2024, Tim Cavendish wrote: Yes, he likes to pooh-pooh re-issues of books he probably already has and maybe paid a steep price for. Therefore none of us should be allowed to buy the book and enjoy it as he has.
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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I looked for the book on Vanishing, Inc, but only a physical book was for sale. Other sites that sell the e-book look "questionable", to put it mildly.
Any ideas? thnx
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6223 Posts
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Quote: This book isn't available as an ebook, at least a legitimate version. I don't believe Richard Kaufman has put out any of his publications in ebook form.On Nov 10, 2024, WalterPlinge wrote:
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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Thnx -- that's too bad. Hefty price for a book missing a page. Then you have to download the missing page and print it out. So I guess we can say it's a partial ebook.
It seems some people think this book is the greatest thing since sliced bread, while others think it's tripe. Is it full of tricks requiring endless DLs and Elmsley counts? Those bore me to tears. My only experience with his stuff is a handful of tricks that Aldo Colombini included in his books.
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On Nov 10, 2024, WalterPlinge wrote: It is not. The sleights required vary greatly. What are some of the books you currently have on card magic?
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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Thnx.
A few by Harry Lorayne, Aldo Colombini, Frank Garcia, Royal Road, Expert Card Technique, Bob Longe, Fulves self-working books. Stuff like that. I just find Elmsley counts and DLs in tricks too obvious when they are over used. I'm also not good at those 2 particular ones. I just like tricks that are very clever moreso than ones that just show off knuckle-busting sleights.
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6223 Posts
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Quote: Walter, I would suggest The Card Magic of Nick Trost if it's still available. Effortless Card Magic by Peter Duffie which is available as an ebook.
On Nov 11, 2024, WalterPlinge wrote: Quite a lot of Peter's stuff is available in ebook form at Lybrary.com
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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Thnx! I've been interested in that Trost book for about 10 years! I've heard it will be re-printed very soon.
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6223 Posts
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Quote: When L&L was around it was available as an ebookOn Nov 13, 2024, WalterPlinge wrote:
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Leo H Inner circle 1374 Posts
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On Nov 10, 2024, WalterPlinge wrote: Yes it is a hefty price for a book that's missing a page. And there was no transparency about the error, no apology, and no announcement. The publisher hoped that it would slide under the radar, until somebody caught it and complained about it . |
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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Reminds me of an episode of M*A*S*H where they were all reading the murder mystery book and the last page was missing that identified the murderer!
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Leo H Inner circle 1374 Posts
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On Nov 17, 2024, WalterPlinge wrote: I remember watching that episode many years ago. It was indeed funny--but the people who spent a $100 for this book and discovered a missing page are not amused. |
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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You got that right!
It's a shame, and I realize the market for books like this are small -- as is any magic book -- so that's the reason it wasn't corrected. They probably would have lost money if they did rather than making the probably slim, if any, profit as it is. That being said, I'm not sure that making a pdf of the missing page available for download was enough. Maybe offering a discount on other books? I hope they allowed full refunds with a return, with shipping covered both ways. Around 25 years ago, I bought a paperback mystery from a Golden Age author that I liked, but I didn't read the book until several years later. Mid-way through the book, the pages repeated from earlier in the book -- in other words, page 100, then page 50, 51, 52, etc. These pages replaced the pages that should have been printed. It was a significant loss of pages -- not just one. It was only like a $5 or $10 book, but it was from a publisher who subsequently went out-of-business (I think), so it took me a while to find another one.
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Leo H Inner circle 1374 Posts
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On Nov 20, 2024, WalterPlinge wrote: "They" is Richard "Tricky Dick" Kaufman. |
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WalterPlinge Elite user 451 Posts
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Yup, I know. I just didn't want to name names.
:)
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Richard Kaufman Inner circle 2539 Posts
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On Nov 21, 2024, Leo H wrote: What the hell is your problem, Leo? |
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