The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 50, December 12, 2004, Article 8

CANADIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATE

  Ron Greene writes: "On behalf of the Canadian Numismatic 
  Bibliography Committee I would like to provide you with 
  an update on our progress. We are most appreciative of
  the patience of our subscribers who are making the 
  publishing possible.

  Firstly, we must apologize.  When we started our 
  advertising in early 2003 we thought that after eight
  years of assembling the work we could finish it off in
  a few more months.  We have all heard of Murphy's Law.  
  One of my engineering professors from eons ago told my
  class about Gottlieb's Corollary, which in effect said
  that Murphy was an optimist.  In this case, Gottlieb 
  was right.  It was a mistake to advertise quite so early.
  Along the way, since early 2003, we have suffered 
  delays due to a number of problems:  Computer breakdowns
  delayed us to the point that our copy editor, who was 
  chairman of the 2004 C.N.A. convention, had to put the 
  Bibliography aside, in order to run the convention.  A 
  call to jury duty, illness, caused minor delays, but 
  most importantly, an underestimation on the amount of 
  work required in proof-reading.  I don't know how many
  trips to check a reference I have made, some to verify
  an entry, others to correct and yet others to complete 
  a reference.  I know the other proof-readers have 
  similar experiences.

  All that remains to be done now is the scanning of 
  photographs and the final layout of the text and 
  illustrations.  Then we can finally send the book 
  to the printer.

  Overall, I believe that the extra steps that we have 
  been taking will result in a superior reference, and 
  everybody (but one) who had enquired has responded 
  to our replies by saying that they were willing to 
  wait, knowing that we were trying to produce the best
  work possible, that we were not willing to produce a 
  slap-dash work.  This has given us some comfort.  One 
  saving grace is that you will be receiving a work at 
  more than 30% less than the remaining copies will be
  offered for.

  Should you have questions or comments, please contact 
  either Ron Greene at ragreene at telus.net or Darryl 
  Atchison at atchisondf at hotmail.com and we will do 
  our best to address all concerns."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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