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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 53, December 30, 2001, Article 15

E-SYLUM'S ADVANCING FOURTH!

  Dick Johnson writes: "Wayne Homren, take a bow!  To the
  officers of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society you are to
  be congratulated for supporting this newsletter, now on the
  brink of its fifth year.

  Wayne, your concern early on whether there was going to
  be enough material to fill a weekly newsletter sounds familiar.
  I faced critics who felt the same when I started Coin World
  -- on a weekly schedule -- when only monthlies existed in
  the numismatic field over forty years ago in 1960.

  We solved the problem with a two-step approach: by asking
  coin clubs to send us their monthly meeting reports and
  asking for their membership lists.  We wrote the meeting
  reports as news items and sent a sample copy to every
  member of that club when their club -- and often their name --
  was in the news story in that week's issue. Subscription was
  cheap then, $3 a year, and subscription skyrocketed.

  So Wayne, my advice for continued E-Sylum success is:
  Keep your newsletter filled with fresh news and mention as
  many names as possible in every issue.

  What impresses me most about E-Sylum is the collective
  knowledge of your readers. Case in point: I asked a tough
  question recently about Panamint balls of silver. Despite my
  years in the field (February will be my 63rd as a collector!)
  I had not heard of this. Yet you received two absolutely
  fantastic communiqués, from Dave Bowers and Jan Monroe.
  Questions answered and thank you gentlemen!

  Wayne you deserve a pat on the back -- job well done!
  It gave me great pleasure to join with two dozen of my fellow
  members by electing you into the rolls of the Rittenhouse
  Society last year. You have achieved a rarefied status in the
  numismatic field. Keep up the good work!"

  [Thanks! (blush)  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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