From: Larry Kaufman WIZARD NET> Date: 6 mar 2000 Subject: Re: Shogi Books At 12:08 PM 3/4/00 -0800, you wrote: >Larry, > >I have not taken this any further, but are you still interested? > >Andy > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The Shogi Discussion List >> [mailto:SHOGI-L TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL]On Behalf Of Larry Kaufman >> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:11 PM >> To: SHOGI-L TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL >> Subject: Re: Shogi Books >> >> >> At 12:31 PM 1/28/00 -0800, you wrote: >> >I have noted a distinct lack of Shogi books in English, >> certainly compared >> >to Go, where a lot seems to have been translated. >> > >> >If any of you (a) have manuscripts of what could be Shogi books, >> (b) know of >> >out of print but good Shogi books with rights available, (c) know of >> >translated Shogi books in the public domain or (d) know of any >> other source >> >of what could be Shogi books, I'd be interested in knowing. I would be >> >interested in acquiring such rights in order to publish some books on the >> >topic. >> > >> >Andy Okun >> > >> I wrote two manuscripts about handicap shogi in the '80s, which were >> never really published but only sold in xeroxed form. If you are >> interested in discussing them let me know. Someone would need to add >> diagrams. >> >> Larry Kaufman >> > There is some redundancy with the work I'm now doing for the Mind Sports site, though the current project is based heavily on sources that did not exist when the first manuscripts were written over 15 years ago. I don't feel any strong desire to have the old work published in view of what I'm doing now, but I would be willing to sell the rights to either or both of the old manuscripts for a moderate price (I haven't thought about the amount). We can talk further if you are interested. Larry