Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Christopher Shultis <>]

Dear Silencers,

My book, Silencing the Sounded Self: John Cage and the American Experimental 
Tradition, including a brief introduction to the new edition, is finally 
coming out in paperback and e-book. The official publication date is November 
5. The paperback is a limited run so if interested in that format don't wait 
too long. E-book version, of course, will continue to be available. 

A bit of nostalgia: I announced the hardcover publication on the Silence list 
in 1998 and I remember well the reaction (justified) of some readers 
regarding the list price of $50.00. In the end it didn't matter because the 
book was only available to purchase for a little over a year, and thus only a 
few people were able to buy the book at all. 

Silencing the Sounded Self was originally supposed to be published as a 
paperback for a price of around $25.00 but when my editor left the press the 
decision instead was to do a 700 copy hardcover run. The book sold out within 
the year (not bad for a university press book) and since then has been both 
difficult to find and expensive to buy. Current list price this time around 
is just under $50.00 (now academic press books are, as we all know, often 
costing upwards of $100.00) and I've seen prices in the mid-$30.00s for 
pre-order.

Anyway, the point is if you ever wanted to own a copy of my book for a 
(somewhat) reasonable price you'll have your chance soon!

Christopher Shultis
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
University of New Mexico