Thank you all for the overnight orders! Thirty copies to go. 

Let the countdown begin!

Derek:

My youngest son gave me a copy of your book for Christmas.  I'm about halfway through it right now and must tell you I am am very much enjoying it!  

I almost hate to use this comparison but; based on some of the photos in the book; Madison would have been a candidate for the tv show "Hoarders".

One aspect of your book I'm getting a kick out of is the hot and cold personalities of Lou and Carl.  The irony is you'll see posts on this forum where people complain about the way a hobby shop owner has dealt with them yet, reading your book it is apparent that Lou in particular could be just as abrasive as the owners people complain about here.

Curt

Curt, 

Happy to hear you are enjoying the book. Horders would have LOVED Madison. The basement below the store was the worst. The upper and level store rooms at 115 E. 23rd were better organized, but not much. 

As to the personalities, the more I wrote, the more the story became about the people than the trains. There are some great train stories, but Lou and Carl make it come alive. Enjoy the rest of the book. 

For those of you on the fence, twenty five copies to go...

I loved seeing it for sale at the NYC transit museum store in Grand Central..My kids thought it was cool because I was in it. It is in the front window and in the back by the Lionel trains for sale.

"The Madison Hardware Story" showed being sold out last night, and it shows being sold out today.   I don't know where those remaining copies reside.

I get the same results... if you "find" those other 25 copies; reserve one for me!

My email is in my profile.

THANKS, Dave

Hmm I adjusted the stock count last night, I’ll check to make sure I didn’t mess anything up. Give me a few hours and I’ll report back. For the moment though 25 is the physical count.

Thanks for letting me know.

I think they may be confused by the Author's edition being sold out. You have to dig a little on the webpage, click on "catalog" to find the available edition. Can't wait to read this. I cannot for the life of me see how I missed the first batch... 

Thanks for the heads up last night , I almost missed it a second time. 

Happy almost new year. 

I'm in!

Glad this got posted as I've been intending to buy the book for months now.

Looking forward to it.

Just got home and Jim was right. The link in my profile was pointing to the sold out authors edition. Updated to link to the regular book. Going to run stock count in a moment, but looks like we'll be under twenty books here pretty quick if not already. 

only 18 now

Tonight's official count is FOURTEEN remaining. At this rate we should sell out maybe tomorrow or Friday. 

Will update in the morning with overnight totals. 

Excellent book, nice job!

Thanks Scott!

Ten books left as of 8AM this morning.  If you want one, better make it happen today. 

Maybe you can save the last copy to sell it at midnight on New Years Eve.

THREE to go!

TWO! 

SOLD OUT!

Thank you everyone! 

Derek,

Way to go.  Another feather in your cap.  I'm excited to see what you have in store for the future.

By the way everyone, METCA bought 4 cases (that's 48 books) of Derek's book earlier this year.  We have 7 copies left.  If you missed out on buying direct from Derek, you can get the book here:

http://www.metca.org/store.shtml

Stu

Just saw one on eBay for $200 - wink wink 😊

Congrats Derek - Hope all’s well

Happy New Year

Talk to you soon

Joe

I  have one and it's really a nice book. It is full of a lot of fun information. I ordered it when you first post it on these pages.

Good luck with any future projects.

At Allentown's First Frost train show back in early November, the vendor near the main entrance (i.e., the guy who sells DVD's and various train books) had a whole stack of these books.  So it sounds like there a few avenues by which you can obtain a copy if you're currently on the hunt for one.  I purchased my copy at Hennings Trains in Lansdale, PA during the first printing... and it's a nice book to have for anybody who remembers or visited Madison Hardware in NYC.  But I wouldn't pay the inflated price that some sellers on eBay are now asking, if it's more than $40 MAX -- regardless of the book's version.  I didn't see the $200 price on eBay, but I did see one seller asking $70.  Still too much.  Most of the eBay sales in recent months seem to be in the $25-$35 range, which seems about right for a $40 label.  Personally, I wouldn't spend more than that for a copy... and certainly wouldn't spring for any of the versions that were signed by the author or Richard Kughn, if the asking price is over $40.  Very well-known authors commonly sign their books for free.  Or at most, there might be a fund-raising fee which the author donates to a worthwhile charity.  But in this case, I never quite understood the why's and wherefore's, when the author released some of these books at a "premium" just because he or Richard Kughn signed it.     Seemed a bit presumptuous to me.  But hey... whatever floats your boat.

Hey Rocky Mountaineer the $200 eBay comment was completely made up - notice the wink wink

Thx