I wanted to make mention of a new blog in the Escamoteurettes blogroll: Great Scott! It’s Magic! — Scott Guinn’s blog.
Like many folks in magic, I got to know Scott back in his Magic Cafe days. That led to us discussing and my subsequently purchasing from him the exclusive rights to seven of his books:
“Great Scott! It’s Card Magic!”,
“Great Scott! It’s Coin Magic!”,
“Great Scott! It’s More Magic!”,
“You’ll Be Pleasantly Surprised!”,
“Magishing My Way”,
“Profiles in Coinage”, and
“Great Scott! It’s Show Business!”
— as well as his DVD, “Great Scott! It’s Magic!“.
The books are in various stages of being re-typeset and/or printed (I’ll post a note when they are available), but the DVD is still available for just $29 shipped USPS Priority Mail (to US addresses, overseas a little more.) Details here.
Obviously I enjoy reading Scott’s stuff (“I liked it so much, I bought the company.“), so I am happy to point you to his new blog. He’s working on some new projects; you can get the details there.
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So you took over Scotts books? Well, as I said in my reviews, content fine… Production values? The UGLIEST magic books in the USA!
Well, yes, the production values don’t stack up to lots of what’s out there (or was out there at the time of publication.) I’ve seen better, but I’ve also seen a lot worse.
Retypsetting — as you well know — is not a pleasant task. Reshooting pictures less so. But I think the end result will be well worth the effort.
Coming from a close-up working background (and point of view) I thought very highly of the content. This is an opinion that is sometimes a hard thing to explain to people who don’t actually ply their trade on a regular basis. The DVD is in the same category.
I’ll be sure you get a look at the new versions when they’re done.
Thanks for stopping by and for leaving a note.
John