This newest 29th edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values, with over one million books in circulation, once again sets the firearms industry standard for both modern and antique firearms information and up-to-date pricing. Now expanded to nearly 2,200 pages no other single firearms publication even comes close!
Best-selling author S.P. Fjestad's involvement with firearms started early since he grew up on a dairy farm in west central Minnesota and started duck hunting at age 10. While working in the IRI (Investment Rarities) Firearms Division during the 1980s, he became the author and publisher of the Blue Book of Gun Values, now with over 1.4 million copies in print. It remains the best-selling gun book worldwide.
During the late 1980s, the author/publisher, a musician with international credits, discovered through experience that there wasn't a good reference book on guitars. After three years of research, the 1st Edition Blue Book of Guitars was published in 1993, and then expanded to the Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars, Blue Book of Electric Guitars, the Blue Book of Guitar Amplifiers, and other guitar-related titles. In 1998, the 4th Edition Blue Book of Guitars won the "IPPY" (Independent Publisher Small Press Book Award) for Best Reference Book.
Blue Book Publications has gone on to win several IPPYs in the Best Reference category with author Dennis Adler's trio of black powder titles, including Colt Blackpowder Reproductions & Replicas, Black Powder Revolvers - Reproductions & Replicas, and Black Powder Long Arms & Pistols - Reproductions & Replicas.
Over the past three decades, S.P. Fjestad has edited and published over 160 books on a wide variety of subjects, including firearms, airguns, black powder reproductions and replicas, automobiles, guitars, engraving, billiards and pool cues, ammunition, and others. One of Blue Book Publication's most recent achievements has been its mobile website, which allows the customer to get his/her information from a mobile device - any time, anywhere.
Additionally, S.P. Fjestad has written and edited hundreds of articles for various trade publications, and the Blue Book of Gun Values may be the only gun book ever pictured in Time magazine and listed as a reference source in the Wall Street Journal. He has also testified as an authority in many professional and legal situations. Fjestad has also been a guest on such TV programs as American Rifleman, American Guns, Guns & Ammo, and Gun Talk TV. Additionally, he posts the weekly Gun of the Week article on bluebookinc.com, in addition to blogging under the heading "S.P. Fjestad's Lethal Blogging." A seasoned veteran of hundreds of trade shows in many countries, the author is now proceeding with caution to determine his next hobby since most of the previous ones have turned into jobs!
