[Bell Historians] Re: Bells of York

[Ron Johnston, Department of Geographical Sciences]

Alternatively, if you are not in it to make money (!) just put it on 
the web as a .pdf file, give it an ISBN (does soemthing have to be in 
hard copy to earn one?) - and see how many downloads

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:48:45 -0000 Richard Offen <richard at ...> 
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> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" 
> <davidbryant at h...> wrote:
> > As many of you will know, I have surveyed all of the bells in York 
> and have my researches ready for publication. However, having looked 
> into the costs of professional publication it is clear that there is 
> no way it will be viable. It would take a long time to break even, if 
> I ever did, and I simply cannot afford the outlay.
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> > The only real alternative is to get it printed by a copying bureau, 
> and comb bound with a card back cover and an acetate front. Although 
> this is far from ideal, it is preferable to it sitting on my computer 
> and never seeing the light of day! The cost is likely to be in the 
> region £12-15 including p&p. Can anyone who is interested please 
> email me off-list. If there is sufficient demand, I will go ahead.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > David
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> Could you not get a grant to enable you to publish the work 
> properly?   
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> George Elphick got grants from Manifold Trust, Francis Coales 
> Charitable Foundation and the British Academy to enable him to 
> publish "The Craft of the Bell Founder". A very rapid whizz through 
> my "Directory of Grant Making Trusts" shows that there are also a few 
> more that might be able to help.
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> Richard
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