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Quote from: casascius on June 16, 2016, 11:01:37 AM

I was just shown this... Shocked

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Quote from: fluffypony on July 18, 2016, 06:00:34 AM

Mine arrived today: https://twitter.com/fluffyponyza/status/754978006255472640

In terms of price, I view this as a coffee table book. Here are some other hard-cover coffee table books to provide a price comparison:

$290: https://www.amazon.com/South-Africa-Hoberman-Collection-1999-05-04/dp/B01FIZW5AE
$675: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Ford-Years-Graydon-Carter/dp/0500511977
$300: https://www.amazon.com/Beach-Richard-Misrach/dp/1597110485
$620: https://www.amazon.com/Tea-Tea-Table-Eighteenth-Century-England-Ben/dp/1848930259

Of course you also get coffee table books that are $15, but I don't think the $150 price for this was overly harsh given the small run. In deference to what defcon23 stated above, I feel that paying a premium for a limited edition is completely justifiable. Even if this book goes on to produce a second print, the first edition will still have been a limited run, and would remain collectible.

Glad to hear someone else received their copy. And so far away Cheesy

Yeah, I have come to terms with this being a said "coffee table book" and the pricing of this "art"

I think most were put off due to the fact that we were assuming that this was more "crypto" and less "I need a cheezburger"

And if there was a second print, we may never know, as these are all print-on-demand........ Huh

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Did anyone else order the book?
Are Mike and I the only ones who get to oogle the gold bar!!!
Tongue

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Quote from: naypalm on July 02, 2016, 06:42:27 PM

Neat! How does each book have a unique identifier or did I read that wrong?

I think the unique identifier is per order (per book), all though as far as I can see on my book, there are no special markings or anything that would indicate its number.
It does have a bar code on the back (ISBN), and a sticker that was adhered to the shrink wrap over the book when it arrived....
this seems to be from the printer as an internal identifier for their production.
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Quote from: minerjones on July 07, 2016, 08:42:57 AM

Did anyone else order the book?
Are Mike and I the only ones who get to oogle the gold bar!!!
Tongue

thanks

Mine arrived today: https://twitter.com/fluffyponyza/status/754978006255472640

In terms of price, I view this as a coffee table book. Here are some other hard-cover coffee table books to provide a price comparison:

$290: https://www.amazon.com/South-Africa-Hoberman-Collection-1999-05-04/dp/B01FIZW5AE
$675: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Ford-Years-Graydon-Carter/dp/0500511977
$300: https://www.amazon.com/Beach-Richard-Misrach/dp/1597110485
$620: https://www.amazon.com/Tea-Tea-Table-Eighteenth-Century-England-Ben/dp/1848930259

Of course you also get coffee table books that are $15, but I don't think the $150 price for this was overly harsh given the small run. In deference to what defcon23 stated above, I feel that paying a premium for a limited edition is completely justifiable. Even if this book goes on to produce a second print, the first edition will still have been a limited run, and would remain collectible.

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Quote from: naypalm on July 02, 2016, 06:42:27 PM

Neat! How does each book have a unique identifier or did I read that wrong?

Each book owner is entitled to an associated Counterparty token

everyone gets a counterparty token sent to an address they control and if they sell the book on the after market, make sure the new buyers gets the token too

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Neat! How does each book have a unique identifier or did I read that wrong?

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Quote from: defcon23 on June 27, 2016, 01:59:24 PM

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It is important to remember that low quantity book printing is not cheap. That said, I'm asking $89 shipped for my book, which is 270 pages of color with 550+ pictures.
I would venture a guess that the model & photography was not cheap either!

sorry Elianite , but as a customer , i dont have to take this in consideration ! : that's not my problem if he produce only a low number .. i dont care about it ..

You may have missed my main point, which was essentially that if I can make a profit by charging much less for a book with 50 times the content (still having color photos), $150 does seem like a little too much in comparison. I would not buy at that price..

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If people want to donate me some physical coins I'm happy to slap a few pictures of my cock next to them and sell them back to you for $150.

Have I missed the point here or what?

What is the purpose / content of the book?

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Received my book today......
The overall quality of the book is nice but for what we getting, the asking price of $150 seems way off......
15 sentences and 42 pages of almost the same picture.
The glossary at the end was surprising!!
And why not mention the Kialara bar that is involved in the pictures as well?

Your idea was great, but for what you are asking and what we are getting, this is disappointing.
Just my 2 satsohi.....

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i totaly agree with you minerjones .. for what i have saw of this book , an amount of 150 $ is absolutely unjustified. i understand theres' a work under it , model is not cheap ( or free ) ( and she need to eat .. ) , etc etc .. but asking an amount of 150$ for this book is not fair ... sorry ..
That's my own opinion , and it's engage only myself... feel free to disagree with this point of view.

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Received my book today......
The overall quality of the book is nice but for what we getting, the asking price of $150 seems way off......
15 sentences and 42 pages of almost the same picture.
The glossary at the end was surprising!!
And why not mention the Kialara bar that is involved in the pictures as well?

Your idea was great, but for what you are asking and what we are getting, this is disappointing.
Just my 2 satsohi.....

Thanks

It is important to remember that low quantity book printing is not cheap. That said, I'm asking $89 shipped for my book, which is 270 pages of color with 550+ pictures.
I would venture a guess that the model & photography was not cheap either!

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Quote from: elianite on June 24, 2016, 02:42:25 PM

This is amazing.. Maybe our books should be sold as a package deal (hint hint)

The bitcoin collector's starter pack

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This is amazing.. Maybe our books should be sold as a package deal (hint hint)

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Thanks, Mike! I hope you'll like it

Official announcement thread here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-chasing-casascius-limited-print-book-with-casascius-gold-bar-raffle-1515432

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Quote from: TookDk on June 17, 2016, 11:09:31 AM

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Quote from: Sir_lagsalot on June 16, 2016, 06:42:21 PM

Chasing yourself now, Casascius? Wink

Surreal, much. Grin

I hope Mike wins the bar Grin

Poetry in motion, right there. Grin

That would be ironic

Maybe I'll put in multiple orders to increase my chances of getting the bar, damn how are you guys doing the group buy going to handle that!

I don't see a problem with the draw and group buy?

If the books are serial numbered then will the draw speak for it self. If the draw is order based, then will the group buy organizer just make a local draw between the buyers. If you trust the group buyer with your bitcoins, then surely can you also trust him to make a fair draw. You can even have a trusted 3rd party to do the draw, but that would hardly be necessary with Mitchell or MJ as organizers.

I like this idea, raffle would be fair. I'm down for one of these via group buy. And if it turn out NOT being a hokey cash-grab, maybe we can convince Mike to sign a few (like Elianite's book) Tongue

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I can only imagine the types of things you must get in your inbox. Shocked

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That would be a boring book. Maybe just a collection of doodles.

Collection of doodles and boring don't go together in one sentence.
Speaking of it, what happened to the thread collecting all? Last time I've checked, it was locked.

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Quote from: TookDk on June 17, 2016, 11:09:31 AM

Quote from: gen. specific on June 17, 2016, 10:55:44 AM

Quote from: stereotype on June 17, 2016, 03:59:46 AM

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Quote from: stereotype on June 17, 2016, 03:43:55 AM

Quote from: Sir_lagsalot on June 16, 2016, 06:42:21 PM

Chasing yourself now, Casascius? Wink

Surreal, much. Grin

I hope Mike wins the bar Grin

Poetry in motion, right there. Grin

That would be ironic

Maybe I'll put in multiple orders to increase my chances of getting the bar, damn how are you guys doing the group buy going to handle that!

I don't see a problem with the draw and group buy?

If the books are serial numbered then will the draw speak for it self. If the draw is order based, then will the group buy organizer just make a local draw between the buyers. If you trust the group buyer with your bitcoins, then surely can you also trust him to make a fair draw. You can even have a trusted 3rd party to do the draw, but that would hardly be necessary with Mitchell or MJ as organizers.

I think it is by book number, maybe it didn't specify

Also something about a provably fair seed

but either way I think this will be pretty simple

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Quote from: Lutpin on June 17, 2016, 03:22:12 AM

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LOL That would be a boring book. Maybe just a collection of doodles. Grin

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