Comments on: Wednesday, April 2: Tune It Or Die!

By: Mary Scriver

Mary Scriver — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:00:28 +0000

This is an echo of the “long tail” idea about only a few copies of a book being sold per year and yet real money can be made through digital POD technology.

Brubaker has been chiseling his way back and forth through the West for many years — decades — and he is part of a network. (Check out John Flaherty, another denizen of Great Falls. I thought Brubaker lived in Kalispell and know there are others like him there.) Because the items are “small” and isolated and “of minor value” except to specialists — ha, of NO value to most folks on the street — he’s been doing this for decades and he is not alone, though probably most of the perps are aging out. Also, Indian artifacts are much more closely scrutinized nowadays and minor “cowboy art” as well. The fact that there are many auctions helps the perp, but the practice of posting photos cuts the other way.

Sure would love to see all this worked out in a mystery! Maybe I’ll do it myself!

Prairie Mary

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:00:17 +0000

Diane-

“Desecrate” is a great word for the book. Thanks for that.

By: Diane Chamberlain

Diane Chamberlain — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:36:56 +0000

The picture of the desecrated book is painful to look at!

By: Jeff Baker

Jeff Baker — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:52:33 +0000

I’ll do that! I guess now you can quote the great t.v. show “Jake 2.0″ and say “Life just got real interesting…”

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:02:49 +0000

Thanks for the comments. It's been interesting. I figure the fifteen minutes is probably up, and that's fine. By the way, if you read the Smithsonian article on line you didn't see the best part, which is the cool photo Brian Smale took. You can see it on roblopresti.com

By: Jeff Baker

Jeff Baker — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:35:38 +0000

Suggested Titles: “The Thief of Time” or “The Library Policemen” (note the plural!)

By: Jeff Baker

Jeff Baker — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:30:00 +0000

WOW! I bummed through the Smithsonian issue the other day but I didn’t even glance at the article! And I remember hearing about this story! There’s a whole novel or hell a nonfiction book in this somewhere!!