new cover,but title
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From RGE's site --
As for "Blackjack in the Zone" I have this from the rge21 web site:
NOTE: This book has gone out of print, but will be combined with
Blackjack Blueprint and reprinted under another title this fall.
We will carry the new printing when it is available.
As for "Blackjack in the Zone" I have this from the rge21 web site:
NOTE: This book has gone out of print, but will be combined with
Blackjack Blueprint and reprinted under another title this fall.
We will carry the new printing when it is available.
KevinBlackwood
Member
No conflict
Rick Blaine's new book will be released through Huntington Press and Rick said zone would not be in the title this time.
Rick Blaine's new book will be released through Huntington Press and Rick said zone would not be in the title this time.
KennilworthKid
Active Member
Good cover...and clever of you
Good cover...and clever of you to build up a buzz on your book as well as get focus group feedback ;-).
I took a look at the contents page on the book's website. The section titles made me think...is Blackjack, and for that matter mathematics, an art or a science? I believe most colleges issue a bachelor of arts for mathematics? Is that right? As Blackjack is a game based on mathematical probabilities, the section titles using the work Art is appropriate.
Still though I would think that the card counting casino Blackjack experience has elements that are science (counting, betting and play variations) and others that are an art (one's act at the table, interactions with dealers, pit bosses and fellow players).
Whatever, I am looking forward to your book.
Good cover...and clever of you to build up a buzz on your book as well as get focus group feedback ;-).
I took a look at the contents page on the book's website. The section titles made me think...is Blackjack, and for that matter mathematics, an art or a science? I believe most colleges issue a bachelor of arts for mathematics? Is that right? As Blackjack is a game based on mathematical probabilities, the section titles using the work Art is appropriate.
Still though I would think that the card counting casino Blackjack experience has elements that are science (counting, betting and play variations) and others that are an art (one's act at the table, interactions with dealers, pit bosses and fellow players).
Whatever, I am looking forward to your book.
There's nothing new under the sun...
Certainly originality is great, but that is not as easy as it sounds.
For example, Kevin's new book will be "Play Blackjack Like the Pros" which sounds a bit like "Professional Blackjack" and/or "Playing Blackjack as a Business." I don't see any problem with his title, with using key words in a different sense or similar ideas in the title to previous titles. Indeed, you cannot copyright a title precisely because of this problem.
What about the title "Bringing down the house?" That's been used just a few thousand times.
So, in other words (as my wife says), build a bridge and get over it.
--Mayor
Certainly originality is great, but that is not as easy as it sounds.
For example, Kevin's new book will be "Play Blackjack Like the Pros" which sounds a bit like "Professional Blackjack" and/or "Playing Blackjack as a Business." I don't see any problem with his title, with using key words in a different sense or similar ideas in the title to previous titles. Indeed, you cannot copyright a title precisely because of this problem.
What about the title "Bringing down the house?" That's been used just a few thousand times.
So, in other words (as my wife says), build a bridge and get over it.
--Mayor
Automatic Monkey
Banned
Speaking of bridge...
Bridge books have a similar problem. Chess too. Anybody who's buying these books already knows the bulk of what's in it. They're mostly looking for new ideas and the chance of finding one or two in the book is worth the risk of the price.
I like really advanced games books. You can write an advanced chess book about a particular opening and its defenses that will appeal to a Master, but a casual player will also recognize the moves and be able to apply them. It's different though with BJ because of the economy of scale. A black chip and a red chip player have very different priorities at the table.
Bridge books have a similar problem. Chess too. Anybody who's buying these books already knows the bulk of what's in it. They're mostly looking for new ideas and the chance of finding one or two in the book is worth the risk of the price.
I like really advanced games books. You can write an advanced chess book about a particular opening and its defenses that will appeal to a Master, but a casual player will also recognize the moves and be able to apply them. It's different though with BJ because of the economy of scale. A black chip and a red chip player have very different priorities at the table.
Reminds me of old times...
I used to have a huge collection of chess and bridge books. I would order these thin expositions on different variations of openings and spend countless hours reading and memorizing variations. The slav, the Pelican, the schenveningen ... gad!
There there's bridge. I remember reading Root and Pavlicek's "Modern Bridge Coventions" for four hours straight when my friend was in the emergency room. The number of hours I spent playing online (at OKBridge) in 1992 and 1993 was like... I don't know... 6 hours a day for a year. Yellow Card. Precision. 2/1. Conventions. That was a whole lot of information but not much knowledge.
The amount of memorization required to become an expert at chess or bridge absolutely dwarfs the workload to become an advantage gambler, yet there are far more people who are chess experts and bridge masters than there are people who can win at blackjack. Go figure. I guess people don't like money.
--Mayor
I used to have a huge collection of chess and bridge books. I would order these thin expositions on different variations of openings and spend countless hours reading and memorizing variations. The slav, the Pelican, the schenveningen ... gad!
There there's bridge. I remember reading Root and Pavlicek's "Modern Bridge Coventions" for four hours straight when my friend was in the emergency room. The number of hours I spent playing online (at OKBridge) in 1992 and 1993 was like... I don't know... 6 hours a day for a year. Yellow Card. Precision. 2/1. Conventions. That was a whole lot of information but not much knowledge.
The amount of memorization required to become an expert at chess or bridge absolutely dwarfs the workload to become an advantage gambler, yet there are far more people who are chess experts and bridge masters than there are people who can win at blackjack. Go figure. I guess people don't like money.
--Mayor