Post #567847 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Dec 6, 2010 4:29 PM

On 2010-12-06 10:47, TikiTacky wrote:
I know Sven Kirsten reads the forums, and I'm just curious--considering the apparent popularity if the Book of Tiki, why isn't it being reprinted? Is it just the dew hardcore tiki nuts that are driving used prices so high?

Yes he does, and he appreciates all the kudos and interest, Mahalo!
Thing is, Taschen is so busy, and has so many projects projects lined up and people begging to do their books, they don't really care about what they consider a minority market. First they said they were not gonna reprint the BOT with Tiki Modern being out because they as a publisher did not want to have TWO Tiki books on the market. Last I met with Benedikt Taschen for beer and sausages at the Wurstkueche, he told me that in today's economy, even Tiki Modern would have never been published. I was just damn lucky.

I could try to get the BOT reprinted myself, but then there would be the question of distribution. Taschen is not only great because of their high quality books for affordable prices (it used to retail for 29.- bucks) but because they have worldwide distribution. Yes several hundreds of people might run out and get a reprint, maybe a thousand, but then what about the other 4000 copies?

As long as you can still get the BOT for the price of a dinner for two, and people in general are tight with their money for extraneous things such as art books, I don't see it happening.