On Feb 24, 11:13*am, (Sam Sloan) wrote:
I am about to publish a book about bridge. However, somebody told me
that nobody plays bridge any more.

Is that true? Is bridge play up or down?

Would it be a waste of my time and money to publish a book about
bridge?

Sam Sloan

It depends on if Kinkos will let you back into their stores

I have carried out my threat to publish a book on Bridge, and here it
is, available now on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891943

Sam Sloan

On 18 Mar, 15:45, samsloan wrote:
I have carried out my threat to publish a book on Bridge, and here it
is, available now on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891943

Sam Sloan

You mean this whole ridiculous thread was no more than a publicity
stunt?

On Mar 18, 10:53*am, John Crinnion wrote:
On 18 Mar, 15:45, samsloan wrote:

I have carried out my threat to publish a book on Bridge, and here it
is, available now on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891943

Sam Sloan

You mean this whole ridiculous thread was no more than a publicity
stunt?

You got it John. Every thread he publishes in is about him and how he
has the :
1.answers to the worlds problems
2.the inside scoop on someone
3.set up Elliot Spitzer
4.is running for elected office
5.was cheated out of an elected office
6.is suing because of some imagined injustice
7. is counter suing a victim of his frivilous suits
8.is tracing the bloodlines of his degenerate kinship
9.is proving that he can still fater a child
10.promoting some form of degenerate sexual engagement
11.hawking something he has printed at kinkos and is selling
12.recouting past expliots prior to his viagra days.

On Mar 18, 11:53*am, John Crinnion wrote:
On 18 Mar, 15:45, samsloan wrote:

I have carried out my threat to publish a book on Bridge, and here it
is, available now on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891943

Sam Sloan

You mean this whole ridiculous thread was no more than a publicity
stunt?

Virtually everything Sam Sloan does can be characterized as a
publicity stunt in one sense or another. His main goal in life is to
draw attention to himself at any cost.
I notice that his Amazon page gets the author of the book wrong. The
picture of the book cover clearly says Kenneth Harkness, but the web-
page says Charles Goren. As habitues of the chess newsgroups are all
too well aware, this is a typical level of factual accuracy for Sam.

On Mar 18, 12:02 pm, wrote:
On Mar 18, 11:53 am, John Crinnion wrote:

On 18 Mar, 15:45, samsloan wrote:

I have carried out my threat to publish a book on Bridge, and here it
is, available now on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891943

Sam Sloan

You mean this whole ridiculous thread was no more than a publicity
stunt?

Virtually everything Sam Sloan does can be characterized as a
publicity stunt in one sense or another. His main goal in life is to
draw attention to himself at any cost.
I notice that his Amazon page gets the author of the book wrong. The
picture of the book cover clearly says Kenneth Harkness, but the web-
page says Charles Goren. As habitues of the chess newsgroups are all
too well aware, this is a typical level of factual accuracy for Sam.

You are correct that the Amazon page is wrong. The author is Kenneth
Harkness. Charles Goren only wrote the introduction. I do not know why
this mistake was made or how to correct it.

Sam Sloan

On Mar 18, 12:35*pm, samsloan wrote:
On Mar 18, 12:02 pm, wrote:





On Mar 18, 11:53 am, John Crinnion wrote:

On 18 Mar, 15:45, samsloan wrote:

I have carried out my threat to publish a book on Bridge, and here it
is, available now on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891943

Sam Sloan

You mean this whole ridiculous thread was no more than a publicity
stunt?

* Virtually everything Sam Sloan does can be characterized as a
publicity stunt in one sense or another. His main goal in life is to
draw attention to himself at any cost.
* I notice that his Amazon page gets the author of the book wrong. The
picture of the book cover clearly says Kenneth Harkness, but the web-
page says Charles Goren. As habitues of the chess newsgroups are all
too well aware, this is a typical level of factual accuracy for Sam.

You are correct that the Amazon page is wrong. The author is Kenneth
Harkness. Charles Goren only wrote the introduction. I do not know why
this mistake was made or how to correct it.

Sam Sloan

Do you ever bother to correct a mistake anyway, Sam? Or to retract a
lie, and apologize for it? You've committed several glaring errors and/
or falsehoods in just the past week, but have not published a single
correction, as far as I can tell. Or if you are sure you're right, why
haven't you put your money where your mouth is and called my bet?
$10,000 minimum, but I'll go higher if you like.

On Mar 18, 11:53 am, John Crinnion wrote:
On 18 Mar, 15:45, samsloan wrote:

I have carried out my threat to publish a book on Bridge, and here it
is, available now on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891943

Sam Sloan

You mean this whole ridiculous thread was no more than a publicity
stunt?

No. This thread was by no means a publicity stunt. I was already
reprinting two of the chess books by Kenneth Harkness. It occurred to
me that I might as well reprint his chess book too, since I had
already done all the work.

However, I keep hearing that Bridge is a dying game. So, I wanted to
see if anybody plays bridge any more. After all, it requires a
financial investment to reprint a book.

I am now satisfied that it is mostly chess players who say that bridge
is a dying game and it is worth the risk to reprint this book.

This is, of course, a complete beginners book, most suitable for those
who have never played bridge before. It does not even reach weak-two
bids.

I am now planning to reprint two of the Watson 1934 books (but NOT the
updated revisions). However, first I need to find a picture of Watson,
which does not seem to be available anywhere.

Sam Sloan

On Mar 18, 11:00 am, Rob wrote:
10.promoting some form of degenerate sexual engagement

Hey, don't knock it!

The better question is not whether he should (re)publish a book but
whether we should buy it. Currently there are several websites/
projects devoted to (re)publishing music works that are out of
copyright. They're little more than repositories for scanned sheet
music. Is there a large enough body of extant, out-of-copyright
bridge literature to justify such a project?

-Todd

You are correct that the Amazon page is wrong. The author is Kenneth
Harkness. Charles Goren only wrote the introduction. I do not know why
this mistake was made or how to correct it.

Sam Sloan

The bad news is that because of that error, a search on Anazon for the
Harkness book returns the original, not the new edition. The good
news is that instead of eleven copies starting at 70 cents, they are
down to ten.

David