Briar Books Press

[Dave760]

Does anyone know what happened to Briar Books Press? I enjoyed so many of the publications Gary Schrier produced.

(Apologies if this has been answered already but I've had no luck finding anything using the search function.)

Thanks.

 

[sablebrush52]

Does anyone know what happened to Briar Books Press? I enjoyed so many of the publications Gary Schrier produced.

(Apologies if this has been answered already but I've had no luck finding anything using the search function.)

Thanks.

Have you tried writing to Gary? Last time I looked there was an email address on the site.

 

[Dave760]

Have you tried writing to Gary? Last time I looked there was an email address on the site.

Sadly, the site's gone.

To the Wayback Machine!

 

[leonardbill1]

Gary informed a friend of mine last month that the balance of his inventory had been remaindered to the pulper, apparently meaning that the remaining stock of all Briar Books Press books has been disposed of.

 

[sablebrush52]

Gary informed a friend of mine last month that the balance of his inventory had been remaindered to the pulper, apparently meaning that the remaining stock of all Briar Books Press books has been disposed of.

What a shame. He had some wonderful items. Too bad he couldn't have found a different way to dispose of the remainder stock other than destroying it.

 

[georged]

What a shame. He had some wonderful items. Too bad he couldn't have found a different way to dispose of the remainder stock other than destroying it.

Indeed.

Sales would have to be below storage cost to justify that, even on paper. Then there's the emotional component: hard to imagine someone in the PipeWorld wouldn't have paid pulp value to simply give the books away at pipe shows (or similar) if they'd known of the situation.

 

[Dave760]

This is truly sad news, but understandable if the business was financially unsustainable.

I tried to email Gary using the address from the old web site but the message bounced.

Regardless of how things ended, I'll always be thankful for the work and dedication Gary put into Briar Books Press. My bookshelf is much richer because of his efforts.

 

[Quicksilver66]

I'm sad to hear this as well. I have a number of his publications, including the Dunhill "About Smoke" catalogue and the Peterson book, amongst others. I'm a bibliophile and these books were a labour of love. Gary is a gentleman, bibliophile and pipe smoker - I can think of no higher compliment.