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Revilomagic New user 54 Posts |
Hello all,
I have read good things about Stand up, a book by Ian Keable and since I have a keen interest in comedy and (believe it or not!) Magic, I have been trying to locate a copy. BUT everywhere seems to out of stock! Does anyone know of a supplier who may have some in stock or even if it is available in eBook/PDF format. (Only suggestions for downloads authorised by Mr Keable on that last one please) Thanks, Oliver. (PS: please do say if I'm posting this in the wrong section; I wasn't entirely sure which it fits in best) |
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Revilomagic New user 54 Posts |
All quiet... no-one have a source?
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
You didn't say which book, do you have the title. I recall one called Magic and another called Stand Up. You reference both Stand up and Magic in your question. Did you try entering the author's name in a search engine first, instead of the title. Often searches work better with Author's name, especially with used book sellers. Adlibris.com is always a good place to try. Out of print books on magic are often hard to find as they were produced in small numbers to start with, but if you are patient and keep searching used dealers, it is likely to show up. We have a book for sale section on the Café, but you have to have 50 posts to access it.
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Revilomagic New user 54 Posts |
Ah, apologies for the confusion; the book I was referring to was Stand Up; I was unaware he had written a book called Magic!
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts |
There were some jokers trying to flog it for £500 on Amazon a while back. It may well be worth more than it's published price now but I doubt if it's by that much.
Just looked again. Cheapest I could find was for $139 on Amazon |
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Sealegs Inner circle The UK, Portsmouth 2596 Posts |
Ian's mentioned to me that he doesn't have any copies and I doubt you'll find any dealers holding any.
Michael Finney has tried to persuade Ian to reprint it as I think he used to like to sell copies of it after he lectured. However I know that Ian doesn't have any plans to reprint it so the 2nd hand market is your only option at the moment. The $139 on Amazon that magicgeorge mentions is the best price at the time of making this post. That's on the US Amazon site.... and that's certainly cheaper than buying from the UK Amazon site. (£179 - £260)
Neal Austin
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charliemartin Special user Rapid City, SD 779 Posts |
Try Denny & Lee's. Awesome pic to get.
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charliemartin Special user Rapid City, SD 779 Posts |
Excuse me, bad typing. Book to get.
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Revilomagic New user 54 Posts |
No luck and Denny & Lee's unfortunately- I couldn't find the item listed at all though they did have a different book by Ian.
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts |
How much are you willing to pay for one?
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cbguy Veteran user 350 Posts |
I am willing to pay $100
PM me if you have one to sell |
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Sealegs Inner circle The UK, Portsmouth 2596 Posts |
I've Pm'd both Revilomagic and cbguy on where they can get a copy of this book (as of Oct 4) at the price cbguy mentions he is willing to pay.
Hopefully that'll work out for one of you.
Neal Austin
"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules." G.B. Shaw |
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Sealegs Inner circle The UK, Portsmouth 2596 Posts |
And another PM sent to both as I found another one for sale at a reasonable price.
Neal Austin
"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules." G.B. Shaw |
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jackbp New user 91 Posts |
Hi - I'm looking to buy a copy of Ian Keable Stand Up. If anyone has a copy they're willing to sell or know where I can pick one up, could you please PM me? Thanks,
Jack |
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts |
I never saw that message. I sold mine to someone local for £80
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
It's an excellent book. The best on the subject I've ever read.
Not ready to part with my copy yet.
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SleightlyChris Veteran user Lancashire, England 360 Posts |
As with Frank, it's a wonderful book. I have seen it go as low as 110$ and as much for 200$. I bought mine at $150. No regrets. Put a post in the Sale section and see if it pops up
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gabelson Inner circle conscientious observer 2137 Posts |
The best "how to" book on comedy writing, is Judy Carter's "The Comedy Bible". Nothing else comes close. It will teach you formulas, techniques, how to generate jokes that reflect your persona. There's a good reason the majority of comedy classes around the country use this as their textbook.
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
The problem with getting rid of hte keable book is that it has so many reminders that you can improve your act reading it over and over again.
That's my only fear in parting with it. the comedy bible has nothing to do with this thread. totally different kind of book. Mentioning it is just throwing the thread off track.
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Bairefoot Inner circle 1097 Posts |
I have my Ian Keable Stand Up book. PM me if you want it. They are very very very hard to find.
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