[wristwister]

Hey all, as I've discussed elsewhere in these forums, I've put together my grandfather's collection of letters, photos and other memorabilia from his experience as a WW1 pilot, and I'm about ready to pull the trigger on having a book published. Just small scale, self funded. It will be 8.5"X11", paperback, about 120 pages, mostly his transcribed letters but also 20 or so pages containing color scans of photos, awards, telegrams etc. This will be strictly a presentation of the material, no commentary or added story line. If you want to get an idea of what's contained, have a look at all my other posts in these forums. You all have been a tremendous help in arranging this collection and putting this together.

I'll be having a bunch of copies published before Christmas as gifts to my family (descendents of my Grandfather). Of course, the higher the volume the lower the per-book cost, so I'm wondering if I should get extra copies printed up with the idea of selling them to help recoup some costs? I don't see this as a book that would have any kind of mass appeal, but perhaps some WW1 aviation nuts might be interested.

I'm looking for feedback on this, what are your thoughts on selling these for, say, ~$20 each? I don't have time for any kind of marketing, so sales would be via this forum and word of mouth for now. How many do you think would sell in the near term? A few? A dozen? More? I can always have more printed up if the demand is there, but again I'm looking to maximize this first printing without being left with boxes of books in my garage.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks