Re: The book previously known as Spirits of Salts

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From: Steve Shapiro (sgshiya@redshift.com)
Date: 06/05/01-11:00:03 PM Z


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From: "jamesromeo" <jamesromeo@mac.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: The book previously known as Spirits of Salts

> I told you all about this last fall. Than one of the auther's wrote that
the
> US pub thought the title was not right for the US.
> If you think about it is not a good title here in the us think what
people
> could think
> James
> on 6/5/01 9:31 AM, Sandy King at sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu wrote:
>
> > Has anyone noticed that Spirits of Salts has reappeared with a new
publisher
> > (SilverPixel) and a *new* title (Alternative Photographic Processes, or
> > something close to that)? I know because a friend purchased the book
thinking
> > it was a new publication and was very surprised to learn that it was
none
> > other than the old Spirits of Salts, with no apparent revisions or
changes. I
> > would be personally quite irritated to find that I had wasted my money
on
> > another copy of the same book, save for the title change. Sounds like
> > questionable publishing practice to me, or am I missing something here?
> >
> > Sandy King
> >
> >
> >
>
What Sandy's missing, is that we in the US have the right to return goods
that aren't what they were as presented. Something different that's the
same old thing? Goes back.

S. Shapiro
I usually read a book's fly leaf, a few pages before I buy it.


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