Where can I buy Keith's Locost book?

Besides Amazon, who are currently charging $179 for it.

Flyin' Miata still has 4 copies. The book's now out of print, so once they're gone they're gone.

How much do you want for them at Flyin' Miata?

$29.95. But some guy scribbled on the inside cover.

Excellent - I bought mine a few years ago and will treasure it. It is one of the better locost books, if not second to the original.

Out of print! I should send mine to Keith and have him sign it. ;-)

Keith, I just ordered it.

As an aside, the Amazon prices make much more sense now that I know it's out of print.

Keith wrote: Flyin' Miata still has 4 copies. The book's now out of print, so once they're gone they're gone.

Make that 3. edit: now 2

Local library. Even if they don't have it, World Cat and inter-library loan are just a Reference Desk away. How else do you think I read it?

Make that 1.

Keith,

If your publisher isn't willing to print another edition, you should consider doing it as one of those new-fangled e-book things. They might be more willing to do that since they don't have materials costs to deal with.

(I already have my paper copy. )

Sold out!

I have Keith's Locost book and I'm looking to trade for Keith's Miata Performance Projects book, or one of the other two of Keith's Miata books.

e-book is in discussion - my newest Miata book has been released as one. There are still costs involved in converting it, of course. I'm not sure how slammed the layout team is.

I second the idea of the e-book, maybe through Amazon or iTunes.

(Frankly, car books are the only ones I don't read on a screen, and that's just because you can't get a shop manual on Kindle yet.)

Unfortunately, it's not really my call. But I'll keep on top of them.

FM is now out of paper copies. Actually, I had to dig into my personal stash in order to catch up to all the web orders that came in after they sold out by phone...

I'm glad I bought my copy when it came out. Had no idea I was sitting on a collector's item. Good book Keith.

Just to show what a good guy I am, I'll gladly sell my copy for $10 under Amazon's price!

Thanks for the dip into the stash Keith, I think my child of indeterminate sex and I shall be reading this together. I was never a fan of Pokey Little Puppy anyhow.

mndsm wrote: Thanks for the dip into the stash Keith, I think my child of indeterminate sex and I shall be reading this together. I was never a fan of Pokey Little Puppy anyhow.

I am hoping that said kid hasn't yet been born.

Noooooo.... said child is many moons away.... Sept 1 at this point.

Dude.... reprint?

Not going to pay $179..

Midlana anyone?

The last printing sold too slowly to make a reprint cost-effective. I think the book went back for two or three printings, I'm not sure. It's simply one of those supply and demand questions. Basically, none of you lot were buying them until they were almost all gone

I'll do what I can to get it back on the market, but sales really did drop off over the last couple of years.

Was it worth it?

Did you get enough commission off of the book to make it worth the PITA of writing a fairly niche book?

I imagine that it pays in many ways. The fame and glory, for one. It must also be nice to say in an interview, "What do I know about cars? Well, let me reference THE BOOK I WROTE..." Not that I can imagine Keith leaving FM anytime soon.