Coggins: They had been doing that a lot. I discouraged it 

 and finally got rid of it, ''Vanity publishing,* 

 where pedple wanted to be printed* Onee in awhile 

 there's a book that*8 so special that it* a 

 Justifiable. There was a man many years ago in 

 Philadelphiat an engineer named Trautwein^ who 

 published a technical book himself and it became 

 a constant seller to engineers for generations* 



Oilbt Vhy didn't you want to publish books en that kind 

 of arrangement? 



Cogginst Veil, it*s hard enough to sell a book when you 

 believe in it. Bat if you didnH believe in a 

 book enoughl In the second place you have to 

 pay a isuch bigger royalty, naturally, because 

 they put up the money and you're taking less of a 

 risk and if it is a success you lose out* There 

 VM a case of that« Am I recall there was a company 

 In Boston that used to do that. X forget their 

 name, but they would encourage people, **Your book 

 is good, it should be published, but unfortunately 

 our budget is low and we can't take it on at 

 present." They would talk theia into putting up 

 the money. They would do a printing Job and the 

 contract always said that "you have to take the 



