Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 22:43:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711140343.WAA02201@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: The book is real! X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 2235 X-From-Space-Date: Thu Nov 13 22:43:52 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU On Wed, I got the first 99 copies of the book, and it is quite pretty, if you have a taste for tomes %^). It's REAL! The rest of the books will take till next week (at least, but I hope I'll get them then). We'll probably start seriously mailing them around Thanksgivingm though I will be sending some to the author to get the autographed copies started. HOWEVER. I will be at Philcon, the Philadelphia science fiction convention this weekend, and I will have copies of the books with me. If you have ordered a book and paid for it, I will be happy to give it to you then. If you have not ordered it, you can buy a copy from me there for $40 (no preorder price since obviously it is not a preorder) plus possibly sales tax, depending on the rules there - I may find someone with a table in the vendor's room to keep the books and handle the sales. If someone knows or is such a vendor going to Philcon, I would like a phonecall to work out details including how much we should pay for this service (703-385-0273). I don't expect to sell a lot of books, but everything helps. We've had around 120 paid orders so far, and this is only a fraction of what we need to pay the printer, and I need to come up with a check to get the rest of the books next week. (needless to say, if you preordered the book, and want to get it from me, it will have to be from me personally. The logiustics of this may be difficult at a big con like Philcon. Look for a large overweight bearded guy with glasses and Lojbab on the label.). Meanwhile, the time period for regular preorders is getting short. You only have till the end of the month. I still have 25 or so orders that were spoken for, but for which I have not received payment, and I need the payment to give you the lower price. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.