<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Joe:</DIV><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; ">With regard to a third prestige title, </SPAN><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; ">Gary</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; "> wrote: “There’s lotsa puzzling and pondering ahead”.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>By that I was mostly referring to the Showcase/Essentials type books. Yes, there are things still to be decided about a third prestige book, but few outright obstacles. And of it's intended functions, one is to fill the gap left by MMF and DDF, and another, in direct relation, is to feature most, if not all, of the material already prepared for those now defunct titles.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm sorry that you don't see yourself supporting the Showcase/Essentials type books. Admittedly, at this point I don't know if anyone will be afforded the opportunity to support them or not - re: the puzzling and pondering - but if we do bring them out, I hope you'll at least give them a look.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Taking off my associate-of-Gemstone hat for a moment, I've personally been curious about the prospect of Mickey carrying a prestige title of his own. Familiar as I am with Mickey's history of salesworthiness, and not much encouraged by it, I still can't help but wonder if, even so, he might not do all right in that format. (With said hat firmly back on the ol' noggin, I should say that no such title is currently being considered.)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Gary</DIV></BODY></HTML>