Limey,
What you are failing to understand is that Charlie is producing the book on his own and not being paid to write it like professional writers. So the money we are fronting for book sales will help pay to have the books published and bound.
I've been a member here on TG since the day Terry decided to put it together and Charlie has been here just as long. We trust each other and that's a good thing.
So we are not promoting a friends book as much as we are investing in preserving the great stories Charlie has to tell and has told before for the generations of TradGangers to come.
Mike