A little advice for me on my Greb book

Everything about Greb is epic.

I've read Gravitys Rainbow. 700 pages is no worries, if that's what he needs, that's what he deserves IMO.

 

My sister works in publishing.

I will ask her to list the pro's and con's of each approach in marketing terms.

 

700 pages aint that bad. That's what, a robert jordan book? I wouldn't be overly concerned.

 

A good, trusted Editor?

MY two volumes of War & Peace are small books ,and they only run to 1443 pages including index.
700 pages sounds a lot,even for Greb.

 

I have dealt with some massive books recently and I think 700 pages is okay.

I can say as a buyer, personally I will rather buy one volume and deal with it , than buy another volume.

I think 700 pages is okayish.

 

Have it as large as it needs to be. For people that will want to buy they're obviously interested in Greb so they want to read the entire story in full. The more the better. There's nothing worse than reading something then thinking "why did the author leave so much out?"

 

My immediate thought is that it should be one volume similar in size to Adam's book on Jeffries. Every artist passionate about their art has to cut and trim to some degree ... I hope you have a good editor as you have such a vast accumulation of knowledge and are so close to the content it would be wise to have someone helping you cut and trim ... regardless I m sure it will be the definitive Greb book as well as a sport classic. You may at times be a tad hot headed but your knowledge is exceptional.

 

Just do this amazing fighter justice, for this is what he deserves...

 

I rather like that photo he has in his home page here,.... He is in headgear and he's been working out hard by the looks of it........ His face in that photo screams out "FIGHTER !! WATCH OUT !!!",.... and a classic for the front cover of a book.

 

My favourite boxing books usually cram a lot of fights in there, and I prefer them written with a sense of passion,...... a good fight has it in buckets, it can be difficult with the some of the different expressions of the period, and the further back the harder it seems to be. I'd hate to try and write the Burke V Belcher fight from the newspaper report. Thankfully Klompton has a handle on this period's lingo. Of course it has to be truthful, but with Harry Greb there is his career record,,,,,,, without taking into account the ND bouts,...... His win loss record is really amazing, for 20 years I've searched for a film of a Greb fight in vain...... I know I'm not alone in this sentiment. I hope if a film ever surfaces, it shows Greb in his prime against a mouth watering name (hopefully another great who's films have been lost. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I just thought of this, but, is there any written evidence of Greb fights where words like "The, Crew, Set-up, Film Camera's" appear in sources.... I have noticed mention of Film crews and cameras in several newspaper reports of fights that I thought did not exist. Could somebody shine some light on the subject ??..... Klompton ??......... I don't know if there's any listed somewhere.

 

700 pages should be okay. I have a few books with around the 700 mark and they're all perfectly manageable. I'd sooner have it all in a single volume personally.

 

I'll take that
The Walker/Greb fight (perhaps the most desirable) was filmed by Athletic Films 737 7th ave new york city.
Can't recall the proprietors name but i have his obit and once spoke to his son, who knew nothing
Chipman brothers Handled the distribution
My source was The Film Daily a New York publication of the day.