It has grown so large that I am now thinking of a reference book, probably from some academic press, for sale to college and university libraries. I asked FurPlanet Publications if they might be interested. They said no; that while it does sound very worthwhile, it does not sound like the average fan would want to buy it (I agree; it would have to cost $20 or more, even without illustrations), and FurPlanet is not set up to advertise to or reach the academic reference book market.
Yes, so far everyone agrees that the biggest problem would be marketing such a book to the right buyers, which are probably academic reference libraries.
It has grown so large that I am now thinking of a reference book, probably from some academic press, for sale to college and university libraries. I asked FurPlanet Publications if they might be interested. They said no; that while it does sound very worthwhile, it does not sound like the average fan would want to buy it (I agree; it would have to cost $20 or more, even without illustrations), and FurPlanet is not set up to advertise to or reach the academic reference book market.
Yes, so far everyone agrees that the biggest problem would be marketing such a book to the right buyers, which are probably academic reference libraries.
Fred Patten