Here's the latest update on the books in queue. Bold books are new and can be downloaded from the 4shared site:
1) Blackstone the Magician #3 - scanned, uploaded and sold
2) Men's Adventures #28 - sold
3) Marvel Mystery Comics #59 - scanned & uploaded
4) Marvel Mystery Comics #69 - SCANNED, UPLOADED, SOLD
5) Marvel Mystery Comics #75 - SCANNED, UPLOADED, SOLD
6) Mystic Comics (2nd series) #3 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
7) Young Allies #18 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
8) Space Squadron #1 - see below
9) Venus #15
10) Men In Action #9 - scanned & uploaded
11) Two Gun Kid #25 - SCANNED, UPLOADED, SOLD
12) Crime Exposed #1 (1948)
13) Official True Crime Cases #24 (#1)
14) 3-D Action #1
Some explanations:
Space Squadron #1 - this was a coverless book, but it turns out it's also missing the centerfold. It was in the description, but I didn't see that. I guess that's why I was able to buy it for $11. I'm working on getting the missing pages.
I am putting together a deal to sell a few of the books to someone off eBay (MMC 59, Young Allies 18, Mystic 3).
We sold a few of the books I just put up for you to download, but as is SOP with eBay lately, we lost money on all of them. It averaged to about a $20 loss per book. I will update the spreadsheet very soon with the exact numbers.
There are still a few books I need to scan (Venus 15, Crime Exposed 1, Official True Crime Cases 24)
Hey, did you notice a new book on the list? Thanks to another share donation from Tomander, I was able to grab 3-D Action #1. We paid a lot for it (overpaid, to be honest, based on the condition), but this book so rarely comes around that I didn't want to pass it up. I've scanned it but am still in the process of editing it.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Friday, December 12, 2008
The long-awaited update!
I've chatted with several of you over the last few weeks and you're all asking what's going on, so here's an update.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: MONEY
1) I need to apologize for a donation that was never acknowledged. Back in August, Fett donated another share. The amount was added to the running total in my head, but I neglected to thank Fett & let you guys know about it. Mea maxima culpa!
2) Mal32 generously donated the proceeds of two books I sold for him, and while they did not get the money I hoped they would (more about this below), it has added $340 to the kitty. Total discussed in the next section...
SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS: FEES
Ebay revised their fee structure back in August so that listing is cheap, but they whack you for more on the back end. Spreadsheet has been updated with the new figures. It has also been simplified; I combined all three fee columns into one field which calculates automatically based on the sell price.
THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS: NEW BOOKS!
So the grand total we had available was about $615, so I started buying some books:
1) Blackstone the Magician #3 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
2) Men's Adventures #28
3) Marvel Mystery Comics #59 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
4) Marvel Mystery Comics #69
5) Marvel Mystery Comics #75
6) Mystic Comics (2nd series) #3
7) Young Allies #18
8) Space Squadron #1
9) Venus #15
10) Men In Action #9 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
11) Two Gun Kid #25 (I'm told this is the last issue we need)
12) Crime Exposed #1 (1948)
13) Official True Crime Cases #24 (#1)
Some of the books are coverless, and one (MMC 59) was coverless & missing the 1st wrap, but I have a fiche of it, so those pages have been restored. I've already sold Blackstone #3, and we actually made a small profit on that one. There's still $87 left to spend, even with the purchase of all those books.
Now, I mentioned this above, but I wanted to go into a little more detail. Right now, because of the economy, eBay sales are in the tank. It's great when you want to buy stuff because everything's dirt cheap, but reselling it hurts. We got lucky on the Blackstone book because it's not one you see often, but I can tell you that sales are awful. I have taken a beating selling my own books. Some of it is Christmas, but the economy is a big part of it. I am not going to start selling again until the second or 3rd week of January and I hope it gets a little better.
As always, suggestions on how to spend the balance are always welcome!
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: MONEY
1) I need to apologize for a donation that was never acknowledged. Back in August, Fett donated another share. The amount was added to the running total in my head, but I neglected to thank Fett & let you guys know about it. Mea maxima culpa!
2) Mal32 generously donated the proceeds of two books I sold for him, and while they did not get the money I hoped they would (more about this below), it has added $340 to the kitty. Total discussed in the next section...
SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS: FEES
Ebay revised their fee structure back in August so that listing is cheap, but they whack you for more on the back end. Spreadsheet has been updated with the new figures. It has also been simplified; I combined all three fee columns into one field which calculates automatically based on the sell price.
THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS: NEW BOOKS!
So the grand total we had available was about $615, so I started buying some books:
1) Blackstone the Magician #3 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
2) Men's Adventures #28
3) Marvel Mystery Comics #59 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
4) Marvel Mystery Comics #69
5) Marvel Mystery Comics #75
6) Mystic Comics (2nd series) #3
7) Young Allies #18
8) Space Squadron #1
9) Venus #15
10) Men In Action #9 - SCANNED & UPLOADED
11) Two Gun Kid #25 (I'm told this is the last issue we need)
12) Crime Exposed #1 (1948)
13) Official True Crime Cases #24 (#1)
Some of the books are coverless, and one (MMC 59) was coverless & missing the 1st wrap, but I have a fiche of it, so those pages have been restored. I've already sold Blackstone #3, and we actually made a small profit on that one. There's still $87 left to spend, even with the purchase of all those books.
Now, I mentioned this above, but I wanted to go into a little more detail. Right now, because of the economy, eBay sales are in the tank. It's great when you want to buy stuff because everything's dirt cheap, but reselling it hurts. We got lucky on the Blackstone book because it's not one you see often, but I can tell you that sales are awful. I have taken a beating selling my own books. Some of it is Christmas, but the economy is a big part of it. I am not going to start selling again until the second or 3rd week of January and I hope it gets a little better.
As always, suggestions on how to spend the balance are always welcome!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
More updates
A quick update:
1) I bought two more books for the project: Ringo Kid 009 and Apache Kid 004.
2) They have been scanned and uploaded!
Black Rider 9 ($42) - SCANNED
Black Rider 13 ($30) - SCANNED
Blackstone the Magician 2 ($72) - SCANNED
Apache Kid 004 ($12) - SCANNED
Ringo Kid 009 ($7) - SCANNED
Project spreadsheet has been updated.
1) I bought two more books for the project: Ringo Kid 009 and Apache Kid 004.
2) They have been scanned and uploaded!
Black Rider 9 ($42) - SCANNED
Black Rider 13 ($30) - SCANNED
Blackstone the Magician 2 ($72) - SCANNED
Apache Kid 004 ($12) - SCANNED
Ringo Kid 009 ($7) - SCANNED
Project spreadsheet has been updated.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Summer vacation's over, get back to work!
I have returned after another break, I apologize for the lack of updates...
Here's the latest:
- I sold that Rawhide Kid #1 for more than we paid ($250), but after paying the ebay and paypal fees it ended up costing us $2.50 to buy and scan that book. I'd say that was pretty good, considering the price of the original purchase ($235).
- Right now the money is tied up in several purchases:
1) 3D Tales of the West #1 ($115) - SCANNED
2) Two Gun Kid 23 ($54) - SCANNED
3) Black Rider 9 ($42) - hasn't arrived yet
3) Black Rider 13 ($30) - hasn't arrived yet
4) Blackstone the Magician 2 ($72) - hasn't arrived yet
There's less than $35 left in the kitty at this point.
Also available at the 4shared site, some older books I hadn't done because they were rescans:
Wyatt Earp 005 - SCANNED
Wyatt Earp 025 - SCANNED
I am particularly excited about that Blackstone, as I was looking at another copy and it was $125. I always get nervous about buying pricier books because ebay is such a horrible place to sell stuff now, and it's so easy to end up taking a bath. We've been fortunate enough not to have lost more than $20 on any one book so far.
The spreadsheet has been updated and is available to download.
Here's the latest:
- I sold that Rawhide Kid #1 for more than we paid ($250), but after paying the ebay and paypal fees it ended up costing us $2.50 to buy and scan that book. I'd say that was pretty good, considering the price of the original purchase ($235).
- Right now the money is tied up in several purchases:
1) 3D Tales of the West #1 ($115) - SCANNED
2) Two Gun Kid 23 ($54) - SCANNED
3) Black Rider 9 ($42) - hasn't arrived yet
3) Black Rider 13 ($30) - hasn't arrived yet
4) Blackstone the Magician 2 ($72) - hasn't arrived yet
There's less than $35 left in the kitty at this point.
Also available at the 4shared site, some older books I hadn't done because they were rescans:
Wyatt Earp 005 - SCANNED
Wyatt Earp 025 - SCANNED
I am particularly excited about that Blackstone, as I was looking at another copy and it was $125. I always get nervous about buying pricier books because ebay is such a horrible place to sell stuff now, and it's so easy to end up taking a bath. We've been fortunate enough not to have lost more than $20 on any one book so far.
The spreadsheet has been updated and is available to download.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Another purchase
I didn't want to post this until I had the book in my hand, but I made another purchase for the group... 3-D Tales of the West #1. It was on eBay but I made the seller an offer and he pulled the book. We got it for $115. Considering I was thinking about buying the other copy on ebay for $299, this was a great deal.
I should have it scanned in the next week or so.
I should have it scanned in the next week or so.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Rawhide Kid 001 uploaded
Title says it all!
In case anyone is wondering about the scan credit in the name (ASP-Pmack), I gave it some thought. I know there was a discussion a while back about some people not wanting to join a group per say, but I have been thinking that it doesn't seem right that I scan and upload a book and get all the "credit" for it, especially when it goes public. I decided to use the same credit conventions that the mighty Ontololgy uses when he scans fiche. When he credits the scan, even though he's done all the work himself, he always includes OldWayne, because OW supplied the fiche. (I know sometimes others edit fiche for him, but that doesn't affect my point.) I may have scanned Rawhide Kid 1, but it was supplied by the Atlas Scan Project and they will be credited accordingly.
So from this point on, I'm going to use that convention here as well. Credits will be (ASP-scan-edit). I share all the released files on DC++, and I've renamed them to this standard. Whether or not those of you who edit our scans want to follow this when you upload here is completely up to you, but when I share in the hubs or upload them to the newsgroup they will be standardized to this format.
In case anyone is wondering about the scan credit in the name (ASP-Pmack), I gave it some thought. I know there was a discussion a while back about some people not wanting to join a group per say, but I have been thinking that it doesn't seem right that I scan and upload a book and get all the "credit" for it, especially when it goes public. I decided to use the same credit conventions that the mighty Ontololgy uses when he scans fiche. When he credits the scan, even though he's done all the work himself, he always includes OldWayne, because OW supplied the fiche. (I know sometimes others edit fiche for him, but that doesn't affect my point.) I may have scanned Rawhide Kid 1, but it was supplied by the Atlas Scan Project and they will be credited accordingly.
So from this point on, I'm going to use that convention here as well. Credits will be (ASP-scan-edit). I share all the released files on DC++, and I've renamed them to this standard. Whether or not those of you who edit our scans want to follow this when you upload here is completely up to you, but when I share in the hubs or upload them to the newsgroup they will be standardized to this format.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Rawhide Kid #1
Here's some new info to keep you all up-to-date:
1) As discussed in the comments of the last update, there was a hard-to-find Rawhide Kid #1 up for auction, which I bid on and won. With shipping it came to $235. It has been paid for and I'm just waiting for the arrival.
This is the kind of book I was hoping this project would enable us to get. I don't think anyone here wants to spend that much on one book, so I'm glad you're all in on this.
Gambit informs me that we now only need three issues to complete the series: 5, 6 and 13. Which leads me into item #2...
2) I have sold just about everything we have already purchased and scanned. I think I have less that $25 in books left that haven't been sold yet. With the new donations to the group and the money not spent on RK #1, we have $85 in the kitty. At this point, I'm going to hold onto this money to purchase any/all of the three issues we are missing from Rawhide Kid. If you see one for auction or BIN, or on some other site, get in touch with me and I'll buy it. If you can't get in contact with me and you're afraid it will get sold, buy it yourself and I will fully reimburse you.
3) I mentioned new donations above: Mal32 kicked in another share. In addition, please welcome Fett to the group, who kicked in a little more that our average share.
4) There have been some new files uploaded:
Rawhide Kid 003 - edited by Teachbug
Patsy Walker 030 - edited by montagnard93
I also updated the scan_project file with the latest numbers. I haven't updated the checklist yet, but for those who aren't aware, Brigus has dropped a bunch of excellent-looking early Kid Colt Outlaws in the last week.
5) I'm going to try and set up an RSS feed for this blog later today.
1) As discussed in the comments of the last update, there was a hard-to-find Rawhide Kid #1 up for auction, which I bid on and won. With shipping it came to $235. It has been paid for and I'm just waiting for the arrival.
This is the kind of book I was hoping this project would enable us to get. I don't think anyone here wants to spend that much on one book, so I'm glad you're all in on this.
Gambit informs me that we now only need three issues to complete the series: 5, 6 and 13. Which leads me into item #2...
2) I have sold just about everything we have already purchased and scanned. I think I have less that $25 in books left that haven't been sold yet. With the new donations to the group and the money not spent on RK #1, we have $85 in the kitty. At this point, I'm going to hold onto this money to purchase any/all of the three issues we are missing from Rawhide Kid. If you see one for auction or BIN, or on some other site, get in touch with me and I'll buy it. If you can't get in contact with me and you're afraid it will get sold, buy it yourself and I will fully reimburse you.
3) I mentioned new donations above: Mal32 kicked in another share. In addition, please welcome Fett to the group, who kicked in a little more that our average share.
4) There have been some new files uploaded:
Rawhide Kid 003 - edited by Teachbug
Patsy Walker 030 - edited by montagnard93
I also updated the scan_project file with the latest numbers. I haven't updated the checklist yet, but for those who aren't aware, Brigus has dropped a bunch of excellent-looking early Kid Colt Outlaws in the last week.
5) I'm going to try and set up an RSS feed for this blog later today.
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