[pct-l] Wilderness Press Guides going out of print - Note from Jeff Schaffer

[Mark Mathis]

I just did the same...I have the '95 versions I think, with only two
volumes, one for CA and one or OR/WA.  Regardless, went ahead and grabbed
fresh copies of all three as well.  Even though I am on the other side of
the states, they have always been fun to ponder over, daydream,etc ;).
Sorry to see them go.  As someone who d/l'd an AT app out of curiosity,
there is no comparison to a good guide book.

- Mark

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Rob wrote:
> >
> So if you have a Wilderness Press Guide to the PCT or other volumes, hold
> on to them. They aren’t printing any more.
> >
>
> Thanks, just ordered fresh copies of all three volumes.  I would have been
> very sad to have discovered this after they were all gone, as the ones I
> have are in various states of disassembly.
>
> However, I'm not sure that Wilderness Press itself is defunct.  The
>  announcement in July was that the WP Berkeley office was being closed but
> WP's operations were being moved to other offices and they intend to
> continue to publish outdoor titles under that imprint.  Maybe something has
> changed since then.  See this link:
>
> http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/43917-keen-consolidates-wilderness-press.html
>
> Regardless, they're not going to be revised any more.  I know people have
> enjoyed muttering curses at the WP guidebooks over the years but this is a
> sad end to a very long era.  Wow.  I can't believe this is the end of the
> road for those books.
>
> Eric
>
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