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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WJC" data-source="post: 3164268" data-attributes="member: 25191">Pileatus:I just used, “1000 books at $30/per” as an example. I can’t sit back; this sucker is part of my bucket list and MUST be addressed. Working with consumers for 21 years, if just seen too much crap that needs to be fought head on! Do I expect it to dissipate? No. I just want to give it my best shot. We all want/need we can make a difference. In 45 years of devotion, I have made very few. I have suggested some routines for Zemax that Ken wrote for me, got my “Conditional Alignment” accepted by the international community of optical engineers, and hired shipmate, Cory Suddarth, to come out and work for me at Captain’s. That got him back into optics; he and his wife were doing yard work in Florida when I found him—what a waste of talent. Since, he has become THE hero of binocular repair in this country, a position he deserves. Most of the guys who know what Cory and I did are either dead or long out of the business. Having published Amateur Telescope Making Journal in the spare time—I didn’t have—for 10 years, I know a few things about publishing; I lost over $20,000—Ouch! Near the end, I hired a certain editor away from S&T to work at Captain’s and to HELP me with the Journal ……… ¿right?Without thinking of what it would do to me, or ASKING permission, he made the cover a full bleed ($$), AND started making the cover a much heavier stock ($$$$$). I had left the journal as it was because it was just under the next break in weight, for postage. That one episode cost me TWO OF MY VINTAGE RICKENBACKERS!!!I understand that niche books don’t sell (that’s why I want to get back to my mag freelancing and a novel I started years ago) so “200-400” is fine with me. By staying away from talking much about specific models and delving into analyzing aberration concepts in engineering, I think the tortoise will have staying power.I was never one of those on the forum who could lose the money, but I’m one who wanted to know more. I only have delusions of … adequacy. We shall see. Bill</blockquote>

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