First let me say, I know nothing about needle lace. The transition from old-style printing to new-style printing could get a bit confusing. Your particular issue is color. If your color is just to make the pictures of the work prettier, I'm sure no one would care. If, however, your color has to do with the actual making of the lace, such as the color coding on lace diagrams, so that one color means one type of stitch, and another color means another, that's a different matter entirely, and would require some extra thought. I do not know how books go to the printer nowadays, my last experience in a publishing house was in 1968, when there were galley proofs, rolls of paper. I know so much has changed. It does seem to me possible that in the digital age, a digital picture of a page might be all that is necessary, if color is required. Insert that picture in where the page should be. I'm sure that with the international ingenuity which exists today, there's gotta be a wa y.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where the weather is perfect. -----Original Message----- >From: Catherine Barley <catherinebar...@btinternet.com> >Sent: Sep 13, 2011 10:09 AM >To: lace <lace@arachne.com> >Subject: [lace] books on demand > >Dear Lacemakers > >I have been discussing with Alex Stillwell the possibility of re-printing my >book Needlelace Designs & Techniques - Classic and Comtemporary as I have >received numerous emails during the last twelve months or so, asking if I can >help locating a copy. Unfortunately I can't but have bought the odd >second-hand copy when I've seen it at a reasonable price and have passed it >on. One generous supplier at a lace day recently sold me a copy at a little >less than the original price, saying that they couldn't possibly sell me a >copy of my own book at the asking price. I won't disclose their name, but >they know who they are! Amazon are asking ridiculous prices! > >Alex tells me that Books on Demand here in the UK only print black & white but >as my book does have some colour plates, I am wondering whether it would be >worth all the time and effort involved, as I wrote this book before the days >of Windows and digital photography? All the information is on the old type >'floppies' and colour reproductiion is from transparancies, so one can begin >to imagine the time and effort that this would involve, and I have no wish to >go down that road if nobody wants to buy a copy because there is no colour! >The majority of the illustrations are B & W and a few are white lace, but >with just a coloured background. If I were able to get copies printed in B & >W do you think anyone be interested in purchasing a copy? > >I'd really appreciate your views on the matter. > >Many thanks > >Catherine Barley >UK > >- >To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: >http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
