Speaking on the POD angle, AuthorHouse is one of the so-called Vanity
Presses. Authorhouse handles the publication and distribution of a self-
published book and I must say, it's a pity that anyone uses them. There
are better ways to self-publish without giving a middleman a cut. True,
there's a learning curve, but it's not so bad.

As for quality, I can't say as I've never bought a book through
AuthorHouse. I assume the company contracts out for printing, which
means it could be any one of a number of commercial printers that offer
POD services. The price of the book reflects the AuthorHouse cut into
the profit margin. The publisher is noted as AuthorHouse, which means
the author didn't buy his own ISBN, so AuthorHouse owns the ISBN for
that particular book, another reason not to use a vanity press.

Gary ............................... Gary Roberts The Toolemera Press -
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Christopher Morley

On Oct 3, 2010, at 10:34 PM, cowtown_eric wrote:

Some wierd stuff from the weekend

A nail puller for the real pro!
http://www.oldtoolphotos.com/toolphoto.asp?photoChrome and nickleplate,
spring loaded jaws, but alas the maker wanted to remain anonymous. Any
info? I scoped out the "nail puller" book on abebooks, but posponed that
decision till I'm further down that slippery slope....It is a dilemma.
Should a cabinetmaker even have a nail puller?

at 39 pages to this tome, no mention of "color photos", but rather
focusing on patent dates and numbers...I'm thinking that this is a
rehash of marginal and easily obtainable info.Anybody care to comment on
this POD tome?

A huge block mount snip......?glass cutter
http://www.oldtoolphotos.com/toolphoto.asp?photo and the black knight
back saw #55.......another 55 to confuse the Stanley collectors..took me
20 minutes to decipher the etch...hence the green tape note...
http://www.oldtoolphotos.com/toolphoto.asp?photocoasrse crudy handle
included. Methinks i saw "sheffield" amidst the rust.

Maker is unkown...any hints forthcoming?

and a Stanley 12 type2.scraper (sorry-no photo)

Eric in Calgary

Twas a good weekend for Cowtown.

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