G'day everyone I haven't yet had a reply from my local booksellers, they are pretty good, so I will hang fire until I do. Bookrings are a great idea, I spent 20 years as a teacher/librarian here in Oz and used the principle in book promotions regularly. Perhaps the best idea would be for us to start a bookring for the book in the various countries in which we all reside. There must be a fairly large number of Monmouthshire listers who are resident in OZ, USA, Canada, etc. That way the book gets a wide reading audience, the author will receive a royalty for the various copies, and the people get to read the book a little faster than using a single copy. Ray Lewis Hazelmere Western Australia where it's supposed to be raining but there's a lot of blue in the sky seen from my study window. Surname Interests in Monmouthshire: Jones; Lewis; Davies http://www.LostCousins.com/?ref=LC894461 -----Original Message----- From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jean Smith Sent: Sunday, 6 May 2007 6:14 AM To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MON] A Bookring If you send a book, and marked it "Printed Papers", the cost of posting from the UK to the US is cheaper, for instance, airmail "Printed Papers" for a 200 gram book is £2.62, but it must not include a letter. -Jean. At 16:16 05/05/2007, you wrote: >On 5/5/07 8:59 AM, "Michael P. Thompson" <thompson@ecentral.com> wrote: > > > On 5/5/07 2:58 AM, "Ray Lewis" <harveyjl@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > > >> I'd love to read the book but it would cost an arm and a leg to post it. > >> I'll see if I can get a copy locally. > > > > I'd have the same problem. It sounds like a fun idea, but in a world > > wide forum such as this, the postage might be more than the cost of the book. > >Maybe I spoke too soon. Amazon wants US$50 for a used copy. Amazon UK >has one for £14.99, but with shipping to the US, that's not a whole lot better. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message <http://874612.sigclick.mailinfo.com/sigclick/0F060507/0600450E/014D03971117 29.jpg>

On 5/5/07 8:51 PM, "Ray Lewis" <harveyjl@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Perhaps the best idea would be for us to start a bookring for the book in > the various countries in which we all reside. Perhaps Ann has already started a bookring and doesn't need all of us telling her what's wrong with it. Ann, I registered for the forum, but I do not have posting privileges or private messaging. I'm not sure why. I would love to participate in this bookring, assuming you meant to include such of us so far away as the U.S. When I can figure out how to work the IM feature, I'll send you my address. -- We will not forget! www.remember-9-11.com www.ciarancummings.com