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4.1 Prices of Services
4.1(1) The following amounts shall be
charged for the services listed (the reproduction charges in (a) and (b) may be waived by the
Press Gang at its discretion):
[The parenthetical clause was added in 4/92: the repro charges
for the apa had fallen into disuse, so it was voted to waive them "unless
it gets out of hand."]
(a)M Electrostencilling: $0.50 per stencil. [9/70, as $0.50 for Regular and General Members, $1.25 for all others. However, in 9/77 the Publications Committee ruled that all apa repro was "for" the Collator, making the effective rate a flat $0.50; this was formalized in 12/83.]
(b)E Mimeography for the apa: $0.35 per page. [10/83. The earlier rule (4/71) was $0.20 on NESFA paper, $0.10 if the contributor supplied the paper, but the latter clause fell into disuse.]
(c)E Other mimeography supplies (including special apa orders): Cost plus 25%. [11/70]
[11/02: subsections (d), (e), and (f), which set pricing for Proper Boskonian, Instant Message, and APA:NESFA respectively, were moved to section 4.2(7).]
4.1(2)F Press Gang: Repro service policies on material to be electrostencilled or mimeographed for the apa (including both deadlines and limits on the numbers of pages to be run off) may be set by the persons providing these services. Users should inform themselves of these policies. [11/83, largely duplicating a pre-1974 Editor's fiat.]
4.1(3) [11/02: This section, which listed the prices of "Doodads" available only to NESFA Members, was moved to section 4.2(7).]
4.2 Prices of Sales Items
4.2(1)M The prices to be charged for books and other materials sold by NESFA may initially be set by either the Membership or the Executive Board. Unless otherwise provided, the Executive Board may alter the price on any item which has been on sale for more than one year, even if the price was originally set by the Membership. [9/83. At the same time all previous prices were ratified, since the votes establishing some of them could not be found. Cf. also note at start of Section 4.2(7).]
4.2(2)M/E The wholesale rate (a 40% discount unless otherwise provided for) will be available on all purchases of five or more copies of any item. Additionally, when requested by the purchaser, the wholesale rate will be available on the entire order for orders of value $250 retail ($150 wholesale) or greater. [6/81, revised for clarity in 7/81 and 2/82. (The minimum order for discounts was $50 wholesale in the original version, changed to $100 retail in the revision; increased to $150 by the Executive Board in 8/91, to $200 by the Membership in 10/00, and to $250 at an unknown date.) Previously discount prices were set individually for each book, generally with about the same discount rate as at present but with much variation in detail. The present rule replaced all such special rates. Note, however, that some items in Section 4.2(7) are marked "no discount"; as with much else in the area of pricing, there is usually no record of these exceptions' having been established. (For books, the discount is dropped when stocks are low.)]
4.2(3)E Notwithstanding Section 4.2(2), the price charged for four copies of a given item shall never exceed that charged for five copies of the same item. [10/83, codifying previous practice.]
4.2(4)M The wholesale rates as defined in Sections 4.2(2) and 4.2(3) will also be available on purchases by NESFA Members regardless of quantity, but only for items picked up in person, not mailed. Either the Executive Board or the Membership may change the Member discount rate for specific items by majority vote. [8/83, combining material from separate older sections. The second sentence was added in 12/90. Discount rates for Members go back to 2/68, and have nearly always been the same as the wholesale rate; the in-person provision was added by the Executive Board in 2/71.]
4.2(5)M/E [11/02: This section, which listed the prices of the various volumes of the NESFA Index, was moved to section 4.2(7).]
4.2(6)M [Errata to be sent to all holders of 1951-65 Index; passed 7/72, repealed 5/92 since no such Errata is likely to ever be produced.]
4.2(7)M/E The following items are available from the Sales Committee at the prices listed: [Only post-publication prices are listed. For most Boskone and other convention books, a lower price was available in advance of publication (or at the convention where the item was first available). Votes could not be found establishing some prices; the existing price list was approved as a whole by the Executive Board in 5/91, and again by the Membership in 5/92.]
| Boskone Books | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Boxed | Cloth | Paper | Galley | Item |
| [(1) finebound rather than boxed] | |||||
| [(2) except $20 for Seth Breidbart] | |||||
| 9 | n/a | o/p | n/a | n/a | Scribblings by L. Sprague de Camp [? ?/??: $??.00.] |
| 10 | n/a | o/p | n/a | n/a | Three Faces of Science Fiction by Robert A. W. Lowndes [M 12/75: $7.00; M 12/72: $5.95.] |
| 11 | n/a | o/p | n/a | n/a | Have You Seen These? by Isaac Asimov [M?: $10.00; E 12/73?: $5.95.] |
| 12 | o/p(1) | o/p | n/a | n/a | A Time When by Anne McCaffrey [M 12/75: $7.00; M 1/75 $6.00, $40.00 finebound.] |
| 13 | o/p(1) | o/p | n/a | n/a | Homebrew by Poul Anderson [M 9/75: $10.00, $42.00 finebound.] |
| 14 | o/p(1) | 8.00 | n/a | n/a | Viewpoint by Ben Bova [M 1/82: $20.00 finebound; E 10/76: $8.00, $42.00 finebound.] |
| 15 | n/a | n/a | 4.00 | n/a | Tomorrow May Be Even Worse by John Brunner & ATom [E 12/77?: $4.00] |
| 18 | n/a | o/p | n/a | n/a | Unsilent Night by Tanith Lee [E 5/92: No discount; M 12/80: $10.00.] |
| 19 | o/p | 13.00 | n/a | n/a | The Men from Ariel by Donald A. Wollheim [12/81 $13.00, $23.00 boxed; M 11/81: authorized] |
| 20 | o/p | 13.00 | n/a | n/a | Compounded Interests by Mack Reynolds [M 11/82: $13.00, $25.00 boxed.] |
| 21 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | Plan[e]t Engineering by Gene Wolfe [E 11/83: $13.00, $25.00 boxed.] |
| 22 | o/p | 13.00 | n/a | n/a | Late Knight Edition by Damon Knight [E 11/84: $13.00, $25.00 boxed.] |
| 23 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | Out of My Head by Robert Bloch [M 10/85: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 24 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | Glass and Amber by C. J. Cherryh [E 5/92: No discount; M 11/86 $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 25 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | Early Harvest by Greg Bear [E 5/92: No discount; E 9/87: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 26 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | An Epitaph in Rust by Tim Powers [E ?/88: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 27 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | Sung in Blood by Glen Cook [E 10/89: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 28 | o/p | 15.00 | n/a | n/a | Stalking the Wild Resnick by Mike Resnick [E 10/90: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 29 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | Storyteller by Jane Yolen [E 10/91: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 29 | n/a | n/a | o/p | n/a | Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man by Dave Langford [E ?/91: $5.00] |
| 30 | o/p | 17.00 | n/a | n/a | Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds by Joe Haldeman [E 11/92: $17.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 31 | o/p | o/p | 13.00 | n/a | Double Feature by Emma Bull & Will Shetterly [E ?/98: $12.00 or $13.00 tpb; E 11/93: $17.95, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 31 | n/a | n/a | 14.00 | n/a | Making Book by Teresa Nielsen Hayden [E 11/03: $14.00 (3rd printing); ? ?/??: $11.00; E 11/93: $9.95] |
| 32 | o/p | o/p | n/a | n/a | Everard's Ride by Dianna Wynne Jones [E 10/94: $19.95, $30.00 boxed.] |
| 32 | n/a | n/a | 11.95 | n/a | A Bookman's Fantasy by Fred Lerner [E 10/94: $11.95] |
| 33 | o/p | o/p | 12.00 | n/a | Dreamweaver's Dilemma by Lois McMaster Bujold [E 5/00, 1/97: $12.00 tpb; E 12/95: $19.95, $30.00 boxed] |
| 34 | o/p | 21.00 | n/a | n/a | From the End of the Twentieth Century by John M. Ford [E 12/96: price not reported – $21.00, $??.00 boxed] |
| 35 | o/p | 23.00 | 14.00 | n/a | Frankensteins and Foreign Devils by Walter Jon Williams [? ?/??: price not reported – $14.00 tpb; E 11/97: $23.00, $33.00 boxed.] |
| 37 | o/p | 25.00 | n/a | n/a | Moon Dogs by Michael Swanwick [? ?/??: price not reported – $25.00, $36.00 boxed] |
| 38 | o/p | o/p | 15.00 | 12.00 | Quartet by George R. R. Martin [? ?/??: price not reported – $15.00 tpb; E 2/01: $12.00 galley (2); E 12/00: $25.00, $35.00 boxed.] |
| 39 | o/p | 26.00 | 16.00 | n/a | Adventures in the Dream Trade by Neil Gaiman [E 6/02: $16.00 tpb (incorrectly reported as $15.00); E 1/02?: $26.00, $40.00 boxed.] |
| 39 | n/a | n/a | 16.00 | n/a | Expecting Beowulf by Tom Holt [E 11/01: $16.00 (incorrectly reported as $15.00)] |
| 40 | o/p | 25.00 | n/a | 10.00 | Tomorrow Happens by David Brin [E 1/03: $10.00 galley; E 11/02: $25.00, $40.00 boxed.] |
| 41 | o/p | 25.00 | n/a | n/a | The Hunters of Pangaea by Stephen Baxter [E 11/03: $25.00, $40.00 boxed] |
| 43 | 40.00 | 25.00 | n/a | n/a | Giant Lizards from Another Star by Ken MacLeod [E 12/05: $25.00, $40.00 boxed] |
| Noreascon Items | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Boxed | Regular | Item |
| [(1) price originally continued by reference, 6/81: cf. Section 5.2(2)] | |||
| [(2) prices presumably also continued by reference, 9/89 or later; cf. note after Section 5.2(2)] | |||
| I | n/a | 2.00 | Noreascon I Program Book [E 3/73: $2.00] |
| I | n/a | 6.00 | Noreascon I Banquet LP [6/81: discount allowed, cf. Section 4.2(2); E 3/75: $6.00; E 8/73: no discount; E 3/73: $5.98.] |
| I | n/a | 6.00 | The Noreascon Proceedings edited by Leslie Turek [8/83: $6.00; M 5/76: $12.00. The pre-publication price for Noreascon members was $2.50 ($5 for others), and through 9/77 they could buy copies at the NESFA-Member rate.] |
| II | n/a | 2.00 | Noreascon II Program Book [E 11/84: $2.00; (1): $5.00.] |
| II | n/a | 6.00 | Better Than One by Damon Knight & Kate Wilhelm [E 11/84: $6.00; (1): $5.00] |
| II | n/a | o/p | "Eripmav" T-shirt [M 5/98: NESFA no longer stocks any T-Shirts (our inventory was donated to the needy); E ?/??: $8.00; (1): $7.00.] |
| II | n/a | 3.00 | Costumes, Creatures, and Characters by Ann Layman Chancellor [? ?/??: $3.00; (1): $2.00.] |
| II | n/a | 2.00 | Noreascon II Memory Book [E 12/85: $2.00.] |
| 3 | o/p | o/p | Grand Masters' Choice edited by Andre Norton & Ingrid Zierhut [E 8/94: $20.00, no discount; E 8/91: $60.00 boxed; (2): $30.00, $50.00 boxed, no discount.] |
| 3 | n/a | 3.00 | Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book [(2): $3.00.] |
| 3 | n/a | 3.00 | Fanfare 11 (Strangers' Club fanzine) [(2): $3.00.] |
| 3 | n/a | 4.00 | "3" cloisonné pin [? ?/??: $4.00; (2): $3.50, no discount.] |
| 3 | n/a | 4.00 | Cheshire Cat cloisonné pin [? ?/??: $4.00; (2): $3.50, no discount.] |
| 3 | n/a | 6.00 | mug [(2): $6.00.] |
| 3 | n/a | 3.00 | Noreascon 3 Memory Book [? ?/??: $3.00.] |
| 3 | n/a | 20.00 | The Brunch Speeches (VHS) [? ?/??: $20.00, $35.00 combined with the Masquerade tape.] |
| 3 | n/a | 25.00 | The Masquerade (VHS) [? ?/??: $25.00, $35.00 combined with the Brunch Speeches tape.] |
| 4 | n/a | 25.00 | Once More With Footnotes by Terry Pratchett [E 6/04: $25.00.] |
| 4 | n/a | 17.00 | Fancestral Voices by Jack Speer [E 6/04: $17.00.] |
| 4 | n/a | 29.00 | Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn by William Tenn [E 6/04: $29.00. See also the entry under NESFA's Choice.] |
| 4 | n/a | 23.00 | With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom by Peter Weston [E 6/04: $23.00. Incorrectly reported as $25 in IM 738.] |
| Other Convention Books | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convention | Boxed | Regular | Galley | Item |
| Chicon IV | n/a | 13.00 | n/a | Up to the Sky in Ships by A. Bertram Chandler / In and Out of Quandry by Lee Hoffman [M 9/82: $13.00.] |
| ConStellation | n/a | 8.00 | n/a | A New Settlement of Old Scores by John Brunner [? ?/??: $8.00 comb binding; E 10/83: $8.00 perfect binding.] |
| L.A.con II | n/a | 13.00 | n/a | Dickson! by Gordon R. Dickson [E 9/84: $13.00.] |
| LoneStarCon (NASFiC) | o/p | o/p | n/a | Light from a Lone Star by Jack Vance [E 5/92: no discount; E 7/85: $13.00, $25.00 boxed.] |
| ConFederation | o/p | 15.00 | n/a | Between Two Worlds by Terry Carr / Messages Found in an Oxygen Bottle by Bob Shaw [E ?/86: $15.00, $?? boxed.] |
| CactusCon (NASFiC) | o/p | o/p | n/a | Intuit by Hal Clement [E 9/87?: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| Nolacon II | o/p | 15.00 | n/a | Up There and Other Strange Directions by Donald A. Wollheim [E 7/88: $15.00, $30.00 boxed.] |
| ConFrancisco | n/a | 5.00 | n/a | Along Fantasy Way by Tom Digby [? ?/??: $5.00.] |
| L.A.con III | o/p | 25.00 | n/a | The White Papers by James White [E 2/98: $25.00 reprint; ? ?/??: $??, $?? boxed.] |
| LoneStarCon II | n/a | 12.00 | n/a | Entertainment by Algis Budrys [? ?/??: $12.00.] |
| The Millennium Philcon | n/a | 30.00 | 10.00 | Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois by Gardner Dozois [? ?/??: $30.00; E 7/01: $10.00 galley] |
| Arisia 2004 | n/a | 24.00 | n/a | Powers of Two by Tim Powers [E 10/03: $24.00] |
| Interaction | n/a | 29.00 | n/a | The Masque of Mañana by Robert Sheckley [E 4/05: $29.00. See also the entry under NESFA's Choice.] |
| Interaction | n/a | 26.00 | n/a | Once Upon a Time (She Said) by Jane Yolen [E 4/05: $26.00. See also the entry under NESFA's Choice.] |
| "NESFA's Choice" Books | ||
|---|---|---|
| Regular | Galley | Item |
| [(1) except $20.00 for Seth Breidbart] | ||
| 22.00 | n/a | The Best of James H. Schmitz by James H. Schmitz [E 10/00: $22.00; M 2/91: $18.95] |
| 25.00 | n/a | The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith by Cordwainer Smith [E 1/98: $25.00; E 4/93: $24.95] |
| 22.00 | n/a | Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith [? 9/98?: $22.00; E 10/94: $21.95] |
| 25.00 | n/a | Ingathering: The Complete People Stories by Zenna Henderson [E 12/96: $25.00; E 2/95: $24.95] |
| 27.00 | n/a | His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth by C. M. Kornbluth [E 9/99?: price raised – amount not reported; ? ?/??: $??.00] |
| 23.00 | n/a | The Armor of Light by Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett [E 9/97: $23.00] |
| 25.00 | n/a | First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster by Murray Leinster [? ?/??: $25.00] |
| 25.00 | n/a | An Ornament to His Profession by Charles L. Harness [? ?/??: $25.00.] |
| 25.00 | n/a | The Compleat Boucher by Anthony Boucher [E 10/98: $25.00] |
| 25.00 | n/a | The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 1: Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter by Hal Clement [E 12/98?: $25.00] |
| 25.00 | n/a | Rings by Charles L. Harness [? ?/??: $25.00.] |
| 25.00 | n/a | The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2: Music of Many Spheres by Hal Clement [? ?/??: $25.00] |
| 29.00 | 12.00 | Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell by Eric Frank Russell [E 6/00: $29.00] |
| 25.00 | n/a | The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton by Hal Clement [? ?/??: $25.00] |
| 29.00 | 12.00 | From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown [E 2/01: $12 galley (1); E 12/00: $29.00] |
| 29.00 | 12.00 | Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 by William Tenn [E 2/01: $12.00 galley (1); E 12/00: $29.00] |
| 29.00 | 12.00 | Here Comes Civilization: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 2 by William Tenn [E 7/01: $12.00 galley; ? ?/??: $??.00] |
| 29.00 | 12.00 | Entities: The Selected Novels of Eric Frank Russell by Eric Frank Russell [E 7/01: $12.00 galley; ? ?/??: $??.00] |
| 29.00 | ??.00 | Dimensions of Sheckley: Selected Novels of Robert Sheckley by Robert Sheckley [? ?/??: $??.00 galley; E 11/01: $29.00] |
| 29.00 | 12.00 | Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown [? ?/??: $12.00 galley; E 6/02: $29.00] |
| 21.00 | 7.00 | Cybele, with Bluebonnets by Charles L. Harness [? ?/??: $7.00 galley; E 6/02: $21.00] |
| 26.00 | 12.00 | A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories by John W. Campbell, Jr. [E 1/03: $12.00 galley; E 11/02: $26.00] |
| 29.00 | 14.00 | Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt by A. E. van Vogt [E 1/03: $14.00 galley (incorrectly reported as $15.00 in IM 714); E 12/02: $29.00] |
| 24.00 | ?.?? | A Star Above It: Selected Stories of Chad Oliver, volume 1 by Chad Oliver [? ?/??: $24.00; E 6/03: $24.00 price set for the pre-split book] |
| 24.00 | ?.?? | Far From This Earth: Selected Stories of Chad Oliver, volume 2 by Chad Oliver [? ?/??: $24.00; E 6/03: $24.00 price set for the pre-split book] |
| 26.00 | n/a | Silverlock by John Myers Myers [E 11/03: $26.00] |
| 29.00 | n/a | Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn by William Tenn [E 6/04: $29.00; see also the entry under Noreascon 4] |
| 25.00 | n/a | Years In the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp by L. Sprague de Camp [E 12/04: $25.00] |
| 29.00 | n/a | Homecalling and Other Stories: The Complete Solo Short SF of Judith Merril by Judith Merril [E 12/04: $29.00] |
| 29.00 | n/a | The Masque of Mañana by Robert Sheckley [E 4/05: $29.00; see also the entry under other conventions] |
| 26.00 | n/a | Once Upon a Time (She Said) by Jane Yolen [E 4/05: $26.00; see also the entry under other conventions] |
| The NESFA Index | ||
|---|---|---|
| [11/02: formerly section 4.2(5).] | ||
| Price | Year(s) | Item |
| o/p | 1951-65 | ???? [E 3/75: $12.00; M 2/68: $4.80; M 2/71: $8.00] |
| [The 1951-65 Index was produced by Erwin S. Strauss, not by NESFA.] | ||
| 10.00 | 1966-70 | Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1966-1970 [Reprinted. M 8/81: $10.00. Original: E 3/75 $8.00; M 2/71: $5.00.] |
| 5.00 | 1971-72 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1971/1972 [Reprinted. M 6/81: $5.00. Original: E 7/73?: $3.00.] |
| 5.00 | 1973 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1973 [Reprinted. M 6/81: $5.00. Original: E 3/74?: $2.00.] |
| 5.00 | 1974 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1974 [Reprinted. M 6/81: $5.00. Original: E 3/75: $4.00.] |
| 5.00 | 1975 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1975 [Reprinted. M 6/81: $5.00. Original: M 6/76: $4.50.] |
| 5.00 | 1976 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1976 [E 9/76: $5.00.] |
| 7.00 | 1977-78 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1977-1978 [M 9/82: $7.00.] |
| 7.00 | 1979-80 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1979/1980 [M 11/81: $7.00.] |
| 5.00 | 1981 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1981 [M 11/81: $5.00.] |
| 12.00 | 1982 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1982 [E 3/98: $12.00; E 2/83?: $5.00] |
| 5.00 | 1983 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1983 [E ?/84: $5.00.] |
| n/a | 1984-85 | [?/??: This index will never be published; ? 11/86: The 1984 and 1985 Indexes are to be combined into a single edition, price as yet unset; E 11/84: set $5.00 for the 1984 Index price.] |
| 12.00 | 1986 | The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies - 1986 [E 3/98: $12.00. Original: E 4/91: $8.00; E ?/??: $7.00; M 4/88 $6.00.] |
| 12.00 | 1987 | The NESFA Index to Short SF - 1987 [E 3/98: $12.00; E 1/89: $?.00.] |
| 12.00 | 1988 | The NESFA Index to Short SF - 1988 [E ?/90: $12.00.] |
| 12.00 | 1989 | The NESFA Index to Short Science Fiction for 1989 [E ?/91: $12.00.] |
| 71.40 | All | A complete set of the 15 NESFA Indexes (no discount) [E 5/91: complete set for 40% off list price, no additional discounts allowed.] |
| Other NESFA Press Books | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloth | Paper | Galley | Item |
| n/a | 1.00 | n/a | Index to Perry Rhodan, 1-25 [E 3/75?: $1.00; M 2/74: $?.??.] |
| n/a | 1.00 | n/a | Index to Perry Rhodan, 26-50 [E 3/75?: $1.00; M 2/74: $?.??.] |
| n/a | o/p | n/a | The NESFA Hymnal, Volume 1 (1st edition) [E 2/76?: $3.00.] |
| n/a | 18.00 | n/a | The NESFA Hymnal, Volume 1 (2nd edition) [M 10/90: $18.00; M 10/89: $16.00; E 11/84: $12.00; M 4/79: $10.00.] |
| n/a | o/p | n/a | The NESFA Hymnal, Volume 2 (1st edition) [M 8/87: $8.00.] |
| n/a | o/p | n/a | Concordance to Cordwainer Smith by Anthony R. Lewis [E 8/94: $7.00, discounts allowed; E ?/??: $9.00; E 8/84 $6.00.] |
| n/a | 6.00 | n/a | An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction by Anthony R. Lewis [M 11/90: $6.00.] |
| n/a | 3.00 | n/a | Lord of the Rings Coloring Book [E ?/??: $3.00.] |
| n/a | 16.00 | n/a | The Passage of the Light: The Recursive Science Fiction of Barry N. Malzberg by Barry N. Malzberg [? ?/05: price not reported – $16.00; E 10/94: $14.00; M 2/94: $14.95.] |
| n/a | 12.50 | n/a | Andre Norton: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography, Second Revised Edition by Roger C. Schlobin & Irene R. Harrison [? 10/98?: $12.50 reprint; E 10/94: $12.50.] |
| n/a | o/p | n/a | Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Second Edition by Anthony R. Lewis [E 8/95?: $10.00.] |
| n/a | 15.00 | n/a | The Silence of the Langford by Dave Langford [E 6/96: $15.00.] |
| n/a | 13.00 | n/a | The NESFA Hymnal, Volume 2 (2nd edition) [E 8/97: $13.00.] |
| 22.00 | n/a | n/a | Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold [E 5/00: $22.00.] |
| n/a | 13.00 | n/a | Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Third Edition by Anthony R. Lewis [E 8/00: $13.00.] |
| 25.00 | n/a | ??.00 | Robert Silverberg Presents The Great SF Stories: 1964 edited by Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg [E ?/??: $??.00 galley; E 10/01?: $25.00.] |
| 25.00 | n/a | ??.00 | The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold [? ?/??: $??.00 galley; ? ?/??: $25.00.] |
| 17.00 | n/a | n/a | The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide by Richard A. Hauptmann [? ?/??: $17.00.] |
| 23.00 | n/a | n/a | Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold [E 5/03: $23.00.] |
| n/a | 16.00 | n/a | Rivets!!! The Science Fiction Musicals of Mark Keller and Sue Anderson by Mark Keller & Sue Anderson [E 5/03: $16.00.] |
| 23.00 | n/a | n/a | Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold [E 6/04: $23.00.] |
| 21.00 | n/a | n/a | "Doc"—First Galactic Roamer by Stephen Luchetti [? ?/?? price not published – $21.00; E 6/04: $17.00 (price reported incorrectly?).] |
| 25.00 | n/a | n/a | All Our Yesterdays by Harry Warner, Jr. [E 7/04: $25.00.] |
| Items From Other Publishers | |
|---|---|
| Price | Item |
| 4.95 | The Phoenix and the Mirror by Avram Davidson [?/??: most of our stock sold; ? ?/??: $4.95; E ?/??: $5.00; E 12/74: $4.95; E 3/73: $3.00.] |
| n/a | Tarot Deck [? ?/??: no longer carried; ? ?/??: $20.00, 20% maximum discount.] |
| 10.00 | Starry Messenger [E ?/??: $10.00.] |
| 30.00 | Warhoon 28 (collected writings of Walt Willis) [M 10/92: $30.00, 20% discount to Members.] |
| 25.00 | A Wealth of Fable by Harry Warner, Jr. [? ?/??: $25.00.] |
| 15.00 | Who's Hugh? by Roger Robinson [? ?/??: $15.00.] |
| 8.00 | A Load of Old BoSh by Bob Shaw [? ?/??: $8.00.] |
| 34.00 | The Immortal Storm by Sam Moskowitz [? ?/??: $34.00.] |
| Doodads | |
|---|---|
| Available for sale to NESFA Members only, with no Member discount. | |
| Price | Item |
| o/p | NESFA embroidered patch [11/02: formerly section 4.1(3)(a); E 5/75: $1.00, plus $0.25 handling if ordered by mail.] |
| o/p | NESFA T-Shirt [11/02: formerly section 4.1(3)(b); M 5/98: NESFA no longer stocks any T-Shirts (our inventory was donated to the needy); 10/82: T-Shirt Committee, authorized by M vote: $12.00 ($5.00 of the price is considered a donation to NESFA). Boskone gopher T-shirts, when available – see Section 1.9(14) – have been sold for $5.00, but there seems to be no rule setting this price.] |
| 2.00 | NESFA-Shield decal [11/02: formerly section 4.1(3)(c); M 11/83: $2.00.] |
| 4.00 | NESFA cloisonné pin [11/02: formerly section 4.1(3)(d); E 11/96: $4.00; E 1/90: $3.50.] |
| Miscellaneous Items | |
|---|---|
| Price | Item |
| 1.00 | Boskone Program Books [M 3/82: $1.00; E 11/75: 4-5 $0.50; E 3/73: 6-10 $0.50. 11-15 $0.75, 16-18 $1.00, as they came out (presumably all E).] |
| 4.00 | Mike Symes art portfolio [E 10/83: $4.00; E 1/79?: $7.00.] |
| 5.00 | "Pastiche," game by Kate Wilhelm [E ?/84: $5.00.] |
| o/p | Boskone n T-shirt [M 5/98: NESFA no longer stocks any T-Shirts (our inventory was donated to the needy); E 2/79?: $4.00 for Boskone 16; same price traditionally charged for other Boskone T-shirts, when available.] |
| o/p | "Book Fan of NESFA" T-shirt [M 5/98: NESFA no longer stocks any T-Shirts (our inventory was donated to the needy); E ?/91: $8.00; M 11/90: $7.00] |
| 12.00 | "Book Fan" book bag [E ?/91: $12.00, no discount.] |
| 7.00 | Propeller beanie [E 1/90: $7.00, no discount.] |
| 15.00 | If I Ran the |
| 3.00 | Proceedings of the Conference of Science Fiction Convention Managers (1972, "Smofcon Zero Proceedings") [? ?/??: $3.00; E 12/87: $1.00.] |
| 8.00 | Smofcon 1 (1984) Proceedings [? ?/??: $8.00; E ?/??: $4.00.] |
| 5.00 | Smofcon 3 (1986) Proceedings [? ?/??: $5.00; E ?/??: $4.00.] |
| 4.00 | Boskone 31 pins [E 11/96: $4.00; E 11/93: $5.00, no discount.] |
| 5.00 | 25th World Fantasy Convention Souvenir Book [? ?/??: $5.00.] |
| 3.00 | Proper Boskonian (Back issues: 1 for $3.00, 2 for $5.00, 5 for $10.00. One copy free to Members, contributors, fanzine editors who trade their fanzines for ours, and potential contributors at the whim of the Editor. $3.00 per copy to all others, and for additional copies.) [11/02: formerly section 4.1(1)(d); M 6/95: back issues 1@$3.00, 2@$5.00, 5@$10.00; M 6/94: $3.00, discount available; M 3/94: $3.00, no discount; 5/92: added mention of contributors, trades, etc. to conform to practice; 5/92 (earlier in practice): $2.00; 7/85: $1.50, extra-copy clause added; 3/85: $3.00; 7/71*: $?.??, $0.50 non-members] |
| 0.15 | Instant Message (Back issues: 1 for $0.15, 3 for $0.40 for Members and twice that for non-Members.) [11/02: formerly section 4.1(1)(e); E 7/73: $0.15, 3 for $0.40 (twice that for non-Members); The earliest reported price (President's fiat, 3/69) was $0.10, three for $0.25.] |
| 0.75 | APA:NESFA (Price to non-contributors. Back issues at the discretion of the Collator.) [11/02: formerly section 4.1(1)(f); E 6/74: $0.75; Earlier Collator's fiats: 6/70 $0.25, 4/71 $0.50.] |
4.2(8)E Mail-order sales shall be charged fees for postage and handling as follows: for domestic shipment, $2.00 when up to five items are ordered at the same time, $4.00 when more than five items are ordered at the same time; for foreign shipment, $4.00 when up to five items are ordered at the same time, up to $8.00 (in the discretion of the Sales Committee, to reflect postage costs) when more than five items are ordered at the same time. [In 5/81 a $1 fee was set for all mail-order sales. In 7/87 rates were set of $1 for up to 5 items; $2 domestic, $4 foreign for more than five items. The current rates were set in 5/91.]
4.2(8A)M The Sales Committee is authorized to establish forms and procedures for the sale and redemption of NESFA Gift Certificates, to be redeemable for NESFA sales items. [6/85]
4.2(9)F Sales Committee fiats:
(a) Material ordered from the Sales Committee is normally sent by 3rd- or 4th-class mail. The $1.00 rate for postage and handling is charged for domestic orders, $2.00 for overseas orders. For special shipping requests (e.g., UPS or airmail) the exact amount will be charged. [12/83. The earlier fiat specified an airmail surcharge of 25% domestic, 50% overseas (pre-1974); 30% and 60% (pre-1976).]
(b) We do not accept accounts receivable orders from individuals. [Stated as existing policy 6/81; exceptions are in fact made to this rule.]
(c) We do not allow an institutional discount on single items. [also stated 6/81]
4.2(10)M The Executive Board is authorized to approve changes in sales policies and practices. [The intent was to include such "policies and practices" as restocking charges, returnability, modified terms (net 30 days, etc.), and pretty much everything but price.]
4.2(11)M Sales tax shall not be collected on NESFA publications. [5/93, subject to approval by the NESFA lawyers; as of 3/94, the lawyers were still in doubt that we could get away with not charging sales tax.]
4.2(12)F President/Sales Committee: General Discount and Postage Policy for NESFA Sales: [11/93]
Discount Policy
There are three kinds of sales items: NESFA items, consignment items, and specials (non-discounted items such as NESFA T-shirts, book bags, and pins). The Member discount (available only in person, and only if the merchandise is carried away) is the same as the wholesale discount.
The wholesale discount is available:
NESFA items have a uniform 40% discount from list unless we are down to fewer than 100 copies of the item and no longer discount it at all. (This applies only to unboxed copies; boxed copies are always discounted.)
In general, consignment items are not sold wholesale by NESFA; wholesale orders should be referred to the originator. Member sales (and the occasional single-copy wholesale order or other wholesale order we don't want to refer) are at a 20% discount from list.
Postage Policy
NESFA charges postage on retail orders differently than on wholesale orders.
Retail Orders: Postage is $2 for a single book, $4 for multiple books, in the US; outside the US it is $4/$8. We send books the cheapest way, uninsured. If the purchaser wishes to pay for faster or more secure service, we charge actual cost just as with wholesale orders.
Wholesale Orders: Ship the cheapest way (always ground/surface) unless otherwise instructed. Charge actual postage in all cases. (The postage may be estimated, or the invoice may be sent separately after the actual amount is known.)
Postage Rates [Actual tables of rates are omitted here, being unnecessarily detailed and likely to change over time; the descriptions of classes of rates are included as of more general interest.]
In the US, use Special 4th Class Rate: Books to most addressees, or Library Rate if the addressee is a library.
Outside the US, things are more complicated and more expensive. There are separate rates for (a) Canada, (b) Mexico, (c) other Spanish-speaking countries (mostly in the Americas), and (d) most other non-Spanish-speaking countries. For (a) and (d) at least, there are three weight ranges with different services for each:
4.2(13)M NESFA sales items may be ordered by private electronic mail on any medium where the purchaser's identity can be verified. The Sales Committee shall work out details of the implementation of this policy. [5/94]
4.2(14)M The Executive Board, in consultation with the Sales Committee, may establish special Commercial Discounts as needed. [9/94]
4.2(15)M Any customer which returns significant numbers of books which they have damaged will be charged for the damaged books and dustjackets which they return. [8/04, codifying long-standing policy, which has always been that returns must be in saleable condition. At this time, Borders is the only serious offender.]
4.3 Instant Message
4.3(1)M Instant Message will be the name of the NESFA newsletter. It will be issued to all Members at least once a month by the Clerk and will contain the minutes of all regular meetings of the Membership. [2/73. Instant Message has of course appeared since the founding of NESFA; the first issue appeared in 9/67 and described the pre-organizational meeting (with minutes by Drew Whyte). Cf. the entry in section 4.2(7) for back-issue prices.]
4.3(2)M Instant Message shall be sent to overseas members first-class, with no additional charges. Copies sent to newszines shall be sent by the same class of mail by which the newszines are received. [11/80]
4.3(3)E The Clerk shall send Instant Message to all major news fanzines. [12/70]
4.3(4)E The Clerk is directed to print the roster of NESFA Members in Instant Message in May and November of each year. [5/74. The first roster printed was in fact in 5/70.]
4.3(4A)M It is NESFA's policy that the NESFA roster is for the convenience of NESFA Members only and is not to be used as a general mailing list without the express permission of NESFA. This policy shall be printed on each roster. [4/84]
4.3(4B)M Honorary members whose addresses do not appear in the roster shall have their names listed only in the "Honorary" section of the roster. [1/86. This implies the current type of roster, with a) name-only listings of Members by class of membership and b) an integrated alphabetical name-and-address list of all Members. The consensus was that deceased honorary members (or their survivors, cf. Section 1.9(7A)) should continue to be listed in the name-only section.]
4.3(5)F Clerk: NOTICES AND INSERTS [pre-1974]
(a) Notices of activities of NESFA Affiliate Members and other appropriate notices of interest to NESFA members will be printed in Instant Message, space permitting. Please give them to the Clerk in writing.
(b) Appropriate inserts [cf. Section 4.3(6)] of interest to NESFA Members will be mailed out with Instant Message without charge if enough copies are given to the Clerk and it will not increase the postage for the issue with which they are mailed.
4.3(6)M No flyers, notices, or advertisements dealing with real-world politics shall be published in Instant Message. [8/74, after a Libertarian Party flyer had appeared in IM; reworded 4/81.]
4.3(7)M NESFA thanks Mr. Steven A. Kallis, Jr., for his contribution and directs the Clerk to send him Instant Message. [9/73]
4.3(8)M Times and places of upcoming committee meetings shall be announced in advance, and to the extent possible printed in Instant Message. The announcements should indicate whether the meetings are open or closed to non-committee members. [11/85]
4.3(9)M Detailed amounts, percentages, etc. of royalties shall not be published in Instant Message. However, such information should be posted in the Clubhouse for Members' information. [10/93]
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