Brian, I paid $99 for the books while in Wolfe County and got Clayton to autograph them. He also had the rights on the Eastern Kentuckian which I believe the copyright had been infringed upon. That too was left to his widow. Has anyone contacted the family about republishing? She may be willing to allow a historical or genealogical society to republish them. David R. Smith, Pres. Knott Historical Society Brian K. Caudill wrote: > At 11:49 PM 5/22/2006, Lenny F. Caudill, II, wrote: > >> It's been tried a hundred times before. Maybe ... we can get the >> publisher to make another printing. >> I'd commit to purchasing the three volume set if republished. Add >> your name to the bottom and let's see how many folks will commit to >> buy. Cost = probably $300 I'd guess. >> 1. Lenny Caudill >> 2. > > > > The publisher that Clayton Cox used for "Appalachia Crossroads: > The Caudill Family" was Gateway Press, Inc., whose address (as of 1993 > when the book was published) was 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD > 21202. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't claim to know for sure, but > Clayton's heirs (namely his wife and daughter) more than likely hold > the copyright to the book now and it would be up to them whether, or > not, to have it re-published. I don't think the publisher could do it > on their own. I'm sure that the upfront costs involved in having a > book of that size re-published is quite high and may be one of the > reasons why they chose not to have it re-published. I was fortunate > enough to be able to purchase my set of books at a pre-publication > price of about $75 which was probably close to about the break even > cost back in 1993. The post-publication cost for the three volume set > was around $110, or so, if I'm not mistaken. It would have been nice > if Clayton would have left the rights to his books, and his genealogy > research, to some organization such as a Genealogical or Historical > Society. That way it could be built upon and re-published from time > to time. > > Brian K. Caudill > Malabar, FL > > Visit my Letcher County, KY, Web Page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/letcher.htm > > Visit my Family Tree Maker Web Page at > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/u/Brian-K-Caudill/ > > Visit the Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/lchgs/index.htm > > List of Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society Publications: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/lchgs/pubs/books.htm > > Visit my Caudill Connection Web Page at > http://home.mpinet.net/~bcaudill/caudill.htm > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >