CANADIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATE Public Deposited
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."- 2004-12-12
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