[Groop] Some Groo Jamboree Hardcovers Available!

[royalslik at aol.com]

I just purchased one from here:

http://www.langtoninfo.com/showitem.aspx?isbn=1435268822

There are 6-7 left according to the seller.  Shipped to the USA it was around $35.

This is the Paw Prints hardcover edition.  According to Gary, this does not make the official Groo reprint list (see his explaination below) but it's a legit book that does not violate the law.  These have been very hard to come by and most obsessed Groo fanatics like me and Gary would get one regardless of the classification.

Act fast if you're interested my friends.

Best,
Anil
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From: garyg5678 at live.com
To: groop at groo.com
Subject: RE: [Groop] GROO Odyssey Hard Cover? 
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:38:43 -0700

Hi Folks!  
 
OK, here is everything I have found out about the Groo Trade Hardbacks:   

There are two companies that produce (notice I didn’t say "publish") the Groo hardbacks. Follett did the one on ebay. They sell exclusively to schools & libraries, but obviously one slipped through a crack. I think you have to be a registered "member" to buy the book from the site Jim linked to, and you have to be a school or library to be a member.  The other company is Taylor-Baker under their "Paw Prints" label. They sell to retailers in addition to schools and libraries, but it's strictly business-to-business. The Paw Prints books look a little nicer because they don't have that gap, or interruption, in the wrap around cover art that the Follett edition has.  And there is apparently a bigger market for hardbacks overseas than domestically.  

Another thing I found out is that none of the trade hardbacks can be considered "reprints." Dark Horse didn't even know they were being made! The Paw Prints people are doing exactly the same thing as the Follett folks, just in a different way; buying prints of the trade and rebinding them as hardbacks. It’s no different from you taking a Groo trade to any bindery and having them rebind it as a hardback, except these folks are anticipating the market for such things. That's not a "reprint." So I won't be putting either on the Groo List, although I may mention them somewhere. 
 
So that's the story.  The ebay price is, of course, completely stupid.  And, of course, the guy hasn't changed his promo for the book, even though I have told him all of the above.  
 
Take care all,
 
Gary G.  (Groo Item Investigator)  
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