Joe Cronin's New Book On Henning Nickels

Only 6 copies left! (As of 7/11/24)

I'm glad you are happy with the book - and I think it is great that you treasure the nickel from your father.

More copies are now available after the first printing sold out

Thank you for the update.

One of the most discouraging things about writing a book nowadays is this very thing mentioned. I have a couple more book sin the works and am thinking about just doing PDF downloads instead of worrying about the hassles of working with a printer and the thousands it costs for hardcopies.

It is ridiculous the amount of money the printers want... and my own experience led me to believe there is price gouging involved.

I authored a book for the insulator hobby in 2015. It is 270 pages full color. I chose the publisher I did b/c their color printing price quoted was incredibly low compared to any other publisher. After signing the contract the publisher came back to me and said they had made a mistake and it was going to cost $6,000.00 more b/c it was color. I told them we had discussed that already and we were under contract now. They said a mistake had been made, but they would honor the contract. They also told me they really would not be losing money anyway, the profit for them was just going to be smaller for them. In other words, at 1/3 of the price they were still making profit with a full color printing!

Just like printer companies have been taking advantage of people for years selling cartridge based printers, this seemed to tell me anything involving colored ink has been way overpriced now for a long time. The printer companies now offer external ink tank printers b/c people had been making external units anyway and selling them to help people bypass the printer cartridge trap. I am hoping this will filter into printing businesses somehow as well.

BTW...in the end it cost a total of only 42.00 ea. for the printer to print my full color 270 page book. Publishers suggest, believe it or not, you charge THREE times actual printing costs. I could not do that and get a good night sleep. I was not after money anyway. My price was 50.00 including shipping (media rate is about 2.00).

Joseph,

I'm am sorting through my collection back from when I was a kid. I marked one of my nickels as "counterfeit" in the early 90's, and stuck it in a bag and forgot about it. I just pulled it out today, started to research it more, and it's a Henning nickel. However, it matches the cover of your book. A standard "R" and no dot beside Monticello. I have not weighed it as I put it in a folded cardboard holder, but I could take it out of needed. If you are interested in talking more about it, or getting pictures of it to help with your research, I would be glad to help. As a FYI to anyone, I have no intention of selling.

to the Community, SevenT6Vet!

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