New member / Project focus shifting

Another Italian member has joined, welcome! Roster currently stands at 14.

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OK, I have not been updating this as much as I should, and I've been a bit slow in scanning what has come in. Thanks for your patience!

I think the time is right for a shift in the focus of that this project is trying to do. I'd like to bring it back to how it was originally envisioned: a lot of small contributions to provide the capital needed to make a big purchase that no individual scanner would be likely to purchase on their own.

The reason for this is twofold: the first being that I just can't find the time to scan all these books. While it's great to buy & scan bulk for the project, I have a lot of my own books that need scanning and editing. I have a limited amount of time during the week that I can devote to scanning, and I'm not the fastest scanner around. With the nicer weather coming, I'm even less inclined to spend the weekends cooped up indoors scanning! I've gotten help editing, and while that has been greatly appreciated, even the time it takes me to raw scan half a dozen books is starting to eat up too much time.

The second is that I just really want to see some of these bigger books done, and we've reached a goal I had in my head about what people could reasonably expect for their contribution.

I've always thought that if things went horribly wrong and everyone lost all their money, I'd want to at least ensure people got their money's worth. We are at the point where the project has almost completed processing 34 books, which is to say that everyone paid less than a dollar per scan. Even if there were a few scans you didn't need or want, generally it was a good deal for everyone involved. I think we've accomplished that, so now is the time to start taking bigger "risks" by buying higher-priced books.

So what I'm proposing is that I finish scanning the books I have left (I believe there are 7 books unscanned at the moment), sell all the Project books remaining (16 total), look at the cash we have left and buy one or two big books.

This also means there might be some people who might want to leave the project now, and that's OK. Everyone came together with the idea of accumulating westerns, and now that we are shifting away from that, some may not be interested in what we're working on. Anyone who wants to leave the project should let me know and I will refund their current portion of the kitty once the last of these books are sold. I just did some quick math, and making an assumption that we'd lose certain amount of money on each book, I'm estimating that each share in the project is worth about $19 right now. It will likely end up more than that, but I am working with pessimistic numbers to be safe.

I am considering a few books at the moment. Suggestions are always welcome. I'm looking at books that can be purchased right now, but if you have some ideas on other books we should look for, speak up.

The Witness 001 - one issue Timely, mystery/crime. I know of two copies, one at $350 and one at $325.

Adventures into Terror 043 (001) - first issue, a copy is available for $130.

Sun Girl 002 - last issue to complete this Timely run, a copy is available for $270.

Project #4: More Westerns

I bought more books for the project last week. I had updated the scan_project file but never posted to the blog. Here's what's new:

Two-Gun Kid 016 - received, scanned, Gambit editing
Two-Gun Kid 026 - received, scanned, Gambit editing
Two-Gun Kid 028 - received, scanned, Gambit editing
Ringo Kid 004 - received, scanned, Tomander editing
Apache Kid 005 - received, scanned, Tomander editing

Apache Kid 012 - received
War Comics 015 - received
Battle 029 - received

Rawhide Kid 003 - (still waiting)

Project #3: Random Westerns (update #4)

Blaze Carson 001 - received, scanned, posted
Blaze Carson 003 - received, scanned, posted
Outlaw Kid 007 - received, scanned, posted
Ringo Kid 008 - received, scanned, posted
Ringo Kid 019 - received, scanned, posted
Slim Morgan mini-comic - received, scanned, posted
Journey Into Mystery 065 - received, scanned, posted
Two-Gun-Kid 002 - received, scanned, posted

Western Outlaws & Sheriffs 067 - received, scanned, posted
Two-Gun Western (1st series) 010 - received, scanned, posted
Outlaw Kid 004 - received, scanned, posted

Blaze Carson 005 - received, scanned, Tomander editing

Patsy Walker 030 - received
Wyatt Earp 005 - received
Wyatt Earp 025 - received

Two Gun Western (1st series) 009 CDN - received, won't be scanned
Western Outlaws 017 - received, won't be scanned