Mergs Opus Magnum, Second Edition

[Mergs]

The Second Edition of "The Care and Feeding of All Things Fencing" is now available!!

This edition is reorganized to better look for information, has a table of figures, more pictures and illustrations, and an expanded section on troubleshooting with flowcharts!

Because of the expanded information, the price is now $17.50 USD per .pdf copy. And because of the response from the fencing community, I am going to be publishing it in hard copy (still need cover artwork, for those that may be interested in contributing!), price TBD.

Please see my sig line or PM me to order your copy.

[HDG]

Discounts for owners of the 1st ed.?

[Mergs]

PM Me.

[Mergs]

Congratulations to Doug Jones for being the first to buy the new edition!!!

If you have previously purchased a copy of the book, I have sent out an email to you about a discounted price for the second edition. Please respond to that email address if you have any questions. If you did not receive an email, pls PM me.

[magic_moose]

I just got my copy.

It is, without doubt, the best thing I have ever seen on armoring.
Clear, well written, and well illustrated.

The best part is that it has answers to questions I didn't even know I had!

Everyone needs a copy of this.

[Fencergrl]

I agree!

I was one of the lucky few who got a copy of one of his drafts. I really, really liked it. I plan to buy the printed version when it becomes available. (Mergs feel free to put me on the list of people wanting the printed version).

[Mergs]

Thanks, all. I appreciate the interest in the hardcopy. Magic Moose has seen the prototype, so once I get a bit more feedback on style, etc. I'll tweek it some more. I'm planning on being able to have it available in the spring.

[EdGardner]

Have you tried the various print on demand services?

[Mergs]

I am working with one now. I delayed it because of the work I was doing on the new release.

[EdGardner]

Cool. I have worked with a couple, some real mixed bags out there.

Just got the PDF, will be printing it out tomorrow, thanks!

[Mergs]

Who was the best?

Enjoy.

[EdGardner]

Lulu was the best, but they may be only sci fi/game specific publishing, I'll check, we went through a reseller of sorts to use them, it may have been the reseller who was specific.

Cafe Press was decent for short works, actually, never tried longer works (<75 pages).

-edit-
Just checked Lulu (lulu.com), they do all sorts of things. We were quite happy with the books they did for us, very high quality, trade paperback 2-300 pages.

[Mergs]

Thanks for the info, Ed. I'd like to discuss further. Pls get in touch with me through my other email.