The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 10, March 7, 2004, Article 24

JUST PUBLISH IT ALREADY!

  Ray Williams writes: "In the Feb 29th E-Sylum,  Granvyl G.
  Hulse, Jr. wrote that "a lesson in that the first book on any
  subject, no matter how thoroughly the author tries to make
  it accurate, will never hold up under the light of later research."

  I think this is a rather discouraging comment to a potential
  author, but it makes me think of how I look at the need for
  more books in my fields of  numismatic interest.

  Being starved for new publications in the US Colonial
  Numismatic area, I would like to make a comment to
  potential authors.  I've seen friends and acquaintances at
  conventions carrying around manuscripts that are so close
  to being ready for publication but haven't been published.
  It's this "perfection hang-up" that's stopping things.  If these
  potential authors are waiting for perfection, we will not
  benefit from what they've already researched until (if) the
  book is published.  Case in point...  Walter Breen's
  Encyclopedia for Large Cents!  The book didn't get published
  until 10 years after Breen had passed away!  Once you have
  a significant product for publication, and it reasonably meets
  the authors goals, PUBLISH IT.   If afterwards there is
  updated information and new facts, then that is why God
  made second editions!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

	coinbooks.org Web

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization 
promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.

To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor 
at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com

To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum