Hi folks,

Here's the story. Andy had "The Andy M Stewart Collection" songbook printed in Scotland, then shipped most of them to Music Sales for distribution in the US. It didn't sell very well for them, so they dropped it from their catalog and shipped the remainder to me in 2001. They sold via his web site and I kept a waiting list of folk who e-mailed me that they wanted them. Over the years Andy brought me 10 or so at a time when he came over to tour and I've sold them to folks on the list. He only has a few left at this point. We've talked about having more printed, but it's not economically viable, as it would cost a lot to print and bind them, and the digital files are in an old format, etc...

When he was here a few weeks ago, I talked to him about issuing it as a downloadable PDF. He is concerned that someone would buy one copy and suddenly it would be passed around the 'net and no one else would buy it.

I may be overly optimistic, but I think the folk community is slightly more honorable than that. What say you? Would you buy a PDF of it for $20?

-Kate