By victor mickunas

September 19, 2010 2:11 PM | Link to this

Kathy, I don’t know of that video. Try searching Google videos. You should be able to get some info. Good luck!

By Kathy

September 19, 2010 5:40 AM | Link to this

My dad told me that there was a video that popcorn made about making liquor. He wanted a copy.do you know where I might obtain a copy for my dad? Thanks, Kathy

By Sue

June 16, 2010 10:48 PM | Link to this

You can get the book Me and My Likker from Pam Sutton at P.O. 38 Parrottsville, TN 37843 and you can get them cheaper than at Amazon. they are $50.00 from her.

By Max

June 16, 2010 11:24 AM | Link to this

Yes. Thanks, Vick. I think your ‘recall’ of the music industry is a good analogy. With musicians going ‘indie’ with self recording and promotion, the labels got caught in their distractions of copyright issues. But, that many can record or self publish has not, in my opinion, generated much in quality. Guggenheim’s tool enabled access much as the internet does today with a peculiar ‘creditability’ because something is in ‘print.’ I came across several people on another website who claimed to have ‘authored’ several books; all were of the ‘self-publishing’ flavor. There is something quite not write[sic] about such claims much as myself claiming to have performed many surgeries although they were minor splinter removals and treating of cuts and scrapes of my kids. I am not impressed thus far with the self-published offerings to date. But, with Kindle in play there isn’t really a large financial risk by buyer or author. I think art does require a certain amount of risk. Still, I have to wonder if great writers of the past had such alternatives if they would have used them. Is the medium STILL the message? LOL

By vick

June 16, 2010 10:18 AM | Link to this

Max, the very term “vanity press” tends to have a negative connotation. I chose to use the term “privately published” which is just a guess on my part. While the big publishing houses do put out a lot of books there are also many other levels and areas of publishing. When I think of the classic example of a “vanity press” it is a company that exists to make money from publishing unpublished manuscripts. The authors usually pay for the privilege. Once the book is printed the press is usually done with their work. They have their money. Any promotion or publicity for that book must be created and generated by others, PR firms and the authors, their loved ones, etc. On some occasions these books do find a larger readership. It rarely occurs but when it does those books are usually re-published by larger presses which then promote them to ever widening audiences. In this day of high tech with print on demand, blogs, etc. anybody can become a published author. While this proliferation of reading matter is surely a dilution I don’t think it is a negative for the big publishers. If anything it creates a huge untapped farm system that will generate some of the known writers of the future, like it always has. The big publishers remind me of the major record labels, they were asleep at the switch when all that content went elsewhere. Now they are struggling to catch up and to remain solvent and relevant. Did I answer your question?

By Max

June 16, 2010 8:41 AM | Link to this

Vick, I have a question you sort of raised. What’s your view of the ‘vanity press’ market in general? NPR did a thing a few months ago mentioning some of the ‘presses’ and left it open to how it is affecting the traditional publishers. I’ll load this question further with the history of American Press sees a lot of early American writers and journalists having been ‘self published.’ What’s your ‘take’ on all this?

By vick

June 15, 2010 3:20 PM | Link to this

Max, if it does that might explain the reason why it is in such high demand…

By Max

June 15, 2010 3:18 PM | Link to this

Does it contain recipes?