ATTN JMS: B5 Scripts Available Through Fan Club
Tammy Smith
through the fan club. This is great news. I buy a lot of B5 items at
stores, not through the fan club, so I like the idea of the club having
items you can't get anywhere else. Will you have more of these special
items in the future?
Tammy
Jms at B5
limited period, one or so per month. What that means is: we'll take orders on
a script such as the Gathering from September 1 to the end of the month. Then
we'll print up only as many copies as have been ordered. That's it. Then we
move to the next one. It'll probably take years before it would cycle through
all the scripts we make available before we got back to the Gathering again.
So when they're gone, for all intents and purposes, they're gone.
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
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http://www.thestation.com
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jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
> Yeah, we plan to sell a number of B5 scripts in chronological order,
for a
> limited period, one or so per month. What that means is: we'll take
orders on
> a script such as the Gathering from September 1 to the end of the
month. Then
> we'll print up only as many copies as have been ordered. That's it.
Then we
> move to the next one. It'll probably take years before it would
cycle through
> all the scripts we make available before we got back to the Gathering
again.
> So when they're gone, for all intents and purposes, they're gone.
>
> jms
Didn't you say originally the Gathering had some 20 minutes of
character and humor oriented material that had to be cut out for time?
Would those lost scenes still be in this script? They'd certainly make
it a collector's, and reader's, item.
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Thomas A. Horsley
>limited period, one or so per month. What that means is: we'll take orders on
>a script such as the Gathering from September 1 to the end of the month. Then
>we'll print up only as many copies as have been ordered. That's it. Then we
>move to the next one. It'll probably take years before it would cycle through
>all the scripts we make available before we got back to the Gathering again.
>So when they're gone, for all intents and purposes, they're gone.
This reminds me of something I heard in a news report somewhere (if only I
could remember the details :-). A new publishing outfit is starting up to
publish books on demand. They have technology (I always thought ought to be
possible) to print up books, bind them, and put reasonably nice covers on
them on demand, one copy at a time (at least comprable quality to your
typical "trade paperback" according to the article).
This could be the obvious way around the predicted doom of the publishing
industry with everyone predicting that publishers won't print anything
except guaranteed blockbusters anymore, and it seems like the ideal sort
of publishing forum for low volume items like B5 scripts. The disk storage
costs practically nothing, so there is no reason for anything to ever
be out of print...
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Laura M. Appelbaum
>
> In article <19990829032132...@ng-cm1.aol.com>,
> jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
> for a
> > limited period, one or so per month. What that means is: we'll take
> orders on
> > a script such as the Gathering from September 1 to the end of the
> month. Then
> > we'll print up only as many copies as have been ordered. That's it.
> Then we
> > move to the next one. It'll probably take years before it would
> cycle through
> > all the scripts we make available before we got back to the Gathering
> again.
> > So when they're gone, for all intents and purposes, they're gone.
> >
>
> Didn't you say originally the Gathering had some 20 minutes of
> character and humor oriented material that had to be cut out for time?
> Would those lost scenes still be in this script? They'd certainly make
> it a collector's, and reader's, item.
>
were all added back in when the revised version of "The Gathering" aired
on TNT.
LMA
Brandon Alspaugh
9 years just to cycle through the series, not including movies or Crusade. To be
honest, I'd prefer to not have to wait until I'm 30 to get my grubby little paws
on a Sleeping in Light
script. Could we perhaps increase the frequency to, say, 3-4 scripts per month?
There's a hell of a difference between 2-3 years and 9.
Jms at B5 wrote:
> Yeah, we plan to sell a number of B5 scripts in chronological order, for a
> limited period, one or so per month. What that means is: we'll take orders on
> a script such as the Gathering from September 1 to the end of the month. Then
> we'll print up only as many copies as have been ordered. That's it. Then we
> move to the next one. It'll probably take years before it would cycle through
> all the scripts we make available before we got back to the Gathering again.
> So when they're gone, for all intents and purposes, they're gone.
>
> jms
>
Curt
> This reminds me of something I heard in a news report somewhere (if only I
> could remember the details :-). A new publishing outfit is starting up to
> publish books on demand. They have technology (I always thought ought to be
> possible) to print up books, bind them, and put reasonably nice covers on
> them on demand, one copy at a time (at least comprable quality to your
> typical "trade paperback" according to the article).
Xerox had a copier that did a glued spine sort of binding seven years
ago. This binding was prone to pages falling out with heavy use but
very serviceable. It would look like a real book with the exception of
a tape around the spine. You could select different covers from the
internal pages.
I don't know how much this has been improved upon in the past few
years but, It was no substitute for a properly printed book in the
long haul. A high speed printer could easily be installed such
a machine in addition to a copier. Actually seems to be what the
J Peterman god of the copier adds seem to be for Xerox.
>
> This could be the obvious way around the predicted doom of the publishing
> industry with everyone predicting that publishers won't print anything
> except guaranteed blockbusters anymore, and it seems like the ideal sort
> of publishing forum for low volume items like B5 scripts. The disk storage
> costs practically nothing, so there is no reason for anything to ever
> be out of print...
Some books go out of print in the US as a result of a ruling by the supreme
court. Inventory is taxed as an asset every year. To avoid being taxed
books are either sold quickly, remaindered or destroyed. So we don't have
large press runs sitting around in warehouses waiting to be sold.
This ruling may make sense for manufactured goods such as hammers, washing
machines and vaccuum cleaners where unsold inventories would need to be
sold
prior to hiring back the workers in a slow period. Books are not interchangable
to the same extent. I can't just substitute a cook book for the Kama Sutra
or A Brief History of the Universe and get the same result.
This is especially a problem with the advent of the Barn sized book stores
such as Barnes and Noble and Borders. They have room for lots of books but
they can't get the variety that they need to fill the shelves. There may be
lots of books there but they are a small fraction of what has been written.
Instant books or e-books with some sort of reader may actually kick
publishing
in the keyster. I think that there is lots of room to make money by hitting
lots of singles rather than a few home runs.
Just my $.02
Curt
Craig Powers
: This reminds me of something I heard in a news report somewhere (if only I
: could remember the details :-). A new publishing outfit is starting up to
: publish books on demand. They have technology (I always thought ought to be
: possible) to print up books, bind them, and put reasonably nice covers on
: them on demand, one copy at a time (at least comprable quality to your
: typical "trade paperback" according to the article).
The Wall Street Journal did a story on it, and I pondered posting about
it here and in rec.arts.sf.written at the time. It brought to mind a
thread or two we had on this group about the danger of publishers
squeezing out all but the "home run hitters" (which was also mentioned
in the post I'm responding to, but I snipped it). Reportedly, either
Borders or Barns and Noble (one of the big ones, I don't remember which
one) has a deal with either the makers of the machines, a prospective
electronic database, or both (the books would be downloaded from the
electronic database for printing on demand). I think they also
suggested that it might be used to print limited-demand textbooks.
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Richard Lueck
>
>Tom.H...@worldnet.att.net (Thomas A. Horsley) spake thusly:
>
>: This reminds me of something I heard in a news report somewhere (if only I
>: could remember the details :-). A new publishing outfit is starting up to
>
Here is something which may be of interest.
http://www1.fatbrain.com/offers/ematter/
Has anyone else seen this.
Dianne Heins
> Tom.H...@worldnet.att.net (Thomas A. Horsley) spake thusly:
>
> : This reminds me of something I heard in a news report somewhere (if only I
> : could remember the details :-). A new publishing outfit is starting up to
> : possible) to print up books, bind them, and put reasonably nice covers on
> : them on demand, one copy at a time (at least comprable quality to your
> : typical "trade paperback" according to the article).
>
> The Wall Street Journal did a story on it, and I pondered posting about
> it here and in rec.arts.sf.written at the time. It brought to mind a
> thread or two we had on this group about the danger of publishers
> squeezing out all but the "home run hitters" (which was also mentioned
> in the post I'm responding to, but I snipped it). Reportedly, either
> Borders or Barns and Noble (one of the big ones, I don't remember which
> one) has a deal with either the makers of the machines, a prospective
> electronic database, or both (the books would be downloaded from the
> electronic database for printing on demand). I think they also
> suggested that it might be used to print limited-demand textbooks.
>
That would be wonderful. I was looking through Amazon the other day
for a book that I knew I'd recognize the title but couldn't remember
it enough to search right for it... anyway, I was *amazed* at the
number of "out of print" and "publisher out of stock" notations there
were--on books I've read in just the last few years.
Dianne
CoralieJA
>I personally love the idea, but according to my calculations, it would take a
full
>9 years just to cycle through the series, not including movies or Crusade. To
be
>honest, I'd prefer to not have to wait until I'm 30 to get my grubby little
paws
>on a Sleeping in Light script. Could we perhaps increase the frequency to,
say, >3-4 scripts per month?
>
>There's a hell of a difference between 2-3 years and 9.
And between 21 and 64--my current age. With time one learns patience, I
suspect. I'd be happy to see a script a month--not that my budget can afford
even that. I've not been able to subcribe to cable so I've been depending on
my son-in-law to provide me the opportunity to see B5 from TNT. I'm still
missing a couple of tapes of season 5, though, and have none of Crusade.
I hope JMS's next adventure brings his work back to a medium I can afford (the
public library or "free" network TV). I've really enjoyed what he has done!
Respectfully,