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At 29/10/98 15:08:35, Roger Day wrote: # At 29/10/98 14:36:45, "K.M. Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: # # Peter's absolutely right, it's the longer book that has no place to go # # # # If people hereabouts were able to pile up some cash for a coordinated # # project, I would be keen to be involved only if the books to be # published # # were pretty substantial - say 60pp.+ # # # # there are many of these going brown # # # Just to nail this down...a publication of between 60-100pp, right? # Timescale...next year? Who looks after the kitty? Who gets to choose the # poetry? What's the reason for choosing the poetry? What's the reason for # the project in the first place? Do we need to get together and publish # retrospectives of the long unheeded (as much as they might warrant it)? # # Come to think of it, an email list is a lousy place to get such a venture # underway; inconclusiveness being one of the problems assoiciated with # email-lists. What might be an idea, is for someone - keston, say - to talk # to a _few_ people, see whats on the list - to come up with a plan, which # the prospective money donors can look at, see who's willing to hand over # some dosh, then start publishing or whatever. Whoops. Just to apologise for these remarks...I posted _before_ RIC's wise remarks. Somehow, it appeared after :( I wasn't trying to teach egg grandmothers suck - but then, I didnt know who was behind it... Roger %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%