Sticker Shock

[FliegerJG1]

As I was doing some book searching on Amazon, Peter Kilduff's "Red Baron: Life & Death of an Ace" came up. Nothing unusual about that until I saw the price! Paperback $2999.99. Are they kidding? If not, I hope that Peter is getting a share of that. For whatever reason, prices on some books really escalate on Amazon. Link to book below:

Amazon Red Baron Life & Death of an Ace

I see that the Rudolph Berthold book isn't out until December...hopefully in time for gifting.

FliegerJG1

[Germanophile-1]

I think that price is a typo. After the publisher opted to not offer a U.S. edition, I purchased a small supply of paperback copies for friends, et al. The remainder have been going for $19.95 (in the U.S.).

In any case, no, I do not share in any sales via amazon.com or other outlets. FYI, WW I aviation history is a "niche market" and any writer/resarcher looking to make bundles of money should write about vampires or whatever the current "hot" topic is.

As for me, I am now retired and do what I want to do, vs. what someone else (the "boss" in various forms) wants me to do. I like it this way and hope I can keep at it for a l-o-n-g time.

Peter

[Germanophile-1]

P.S.

Further to the note above (and since people have asked what I'm doing now that my Rudolf Berthold biography is done), I am working on the Summer 2013 issue of Over the Front.

Big surprise: there will be nice German "goodies" in it. Good photos, color artwork, etc. I hope that every person who reads this is a current subscriber to Over the Front and if not (heaven forbid!!!), that they will log on to World War I Aviation Magazine - Over the Front and complete the subscription form and mail a check to Dan Polglaze (progenitor of the delightful Forum thread on WW I aviation artwork, aided and abetted by Greg VanWyngarden, et al.).

Come on, people, we're all in this together. Share the buren -- and the joy!

Peter

[rsanz]

Originally Posted by FliegerJG1

As I was doing some book searching on Amazon, Peter Kilduff's "Red Baron: Life & Death of an Ace" came up. Nothing unusual about that until I saw the price! Paperback $2999.99. Are they kidding? If not, I hope that Peter is getting a share of that. For whatever reason, prices on some books really escalate on Amazon. Link to book below:

Amazon Red Baron Life & Death of an Ace

I see that the Rudolph Berthold book isn't out until December...hopefully in time for gifting.

FliegerJG1

Interesting read explaining how (some of) these crazy prices are calculated...

Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies

[sator]

I ordered the book from Peter for $19.95 it was a great read it has alot of info on MvR,s personal and combat life that has never been published before anyone who has not read this book should buy it now. sator