"Mabie in America" CD book

Hi Everyone,

When I received my copy of David Moak's "Mabie In America" CD, his
Mabie, Todd & Bard history, I couldn't wait to put it on the computer.
This project was already great the first time around, but now it's even
better.

The whole book has been re-organized to make it more readable and
cohesive, and it must have been an enormous job. The early sections
were much expanded, and the genealogical information has almost been
completed for the Bard and Todd families. Some genealogical sections of
the Appendices have been dropped, but they are now available throughout
the text where applicable.

At first I thought it was just me, and that I was seeing more pictures
than before, but David confirmed that he put a lot more pictures in
this edition, an increase of about 50%. Also, all the earlier pictures
were re-shot and reformatted. There are certainly more rhr items this
time! David was fortunate enough to locate pictures of J. S. Bard and
all the major figures in the Mabie family. Now all he needs to do is
get pictures of Edward Todd and his son. He also intends to trace the
Todd family genealogy to the present.

The advertisements section in the Appendices was greatly expanded, but
sadly, he chose to cull the rest of the ephemera, the sections devoted
to pen boxes, book marks and other paper ephemera, 3-dimensional
display pieces, display cases, and ink bottles. After having redone all
the photography on the writing instruments, he was a little daunted by
reorganizing and rephotographing the ephemera from the first edition
and adding what he had collected since. He intends to redo these
sections like the advertisements page, with thumbnails and the option
of scrolling. Until then, you have to have both CDs to get the full
view.

He is hoping at some point to have one final version of the book. At
that point he will try to find a good means of including everything.
This will be quite a while down the road, though. The second edition is
almost two years after the first one, and the final one will be at
least as far away. I can hardly wait.

All in all, another great production, David. Way to go!
Sincerely,

George.

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Hi Everyone,

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He is hoping at some point to have one final version of the book. At
that point he will try to find a good means of including everything.
This will be quite a while down the road, though. The second edition is
almost two years after the first one, and the final one will be at
least as far away. I can hardly wait.

All in all, another great production, David. Way to go!
Sincerely,

George.


Just curious. Does owners of the 1st edition get a discount for the 2nd
edition? Kind of like upgrading your software?

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Best regards,
T-H Lim
(aka Free Citizen)

Free Citizen wrote,

Just curious. Do owners of the 1st edition get a discount for the 2nd
edition? Kind of like upgrading your software?

No, but 1/3 of the profits from the sales go to the Pen Collectors of
America.

http://www.mabie-todd.com/

George.

"rhr" wrote in message
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Free Citizen wrote,

Just curious. Do owners of the 1st edition get a discount for the 2nd
edition? Kind of like upgrading your software?

No, but 1/3 of the profits from the sales go to the Pen Collectors of
America.

http://www.mabie-todd.com/

George.


1/3? That is 33.3%! Wow, no profit is that good. Good luck to the PCA.

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Best regards,
T-H Lim
(aka Free Citizen)