Hi there.
>> It really doesn't matter the significance. I've already
>> registered the "Radio Amateurs Guide" (RAG) as a project with
>> the LDP coordinator. I've done nothing with it for a couple of
>> years because really, it wasn't clear to me that there was a
>> significant enough audience to make the effort worthwhile.
>> I've spoken to some publishers and found no interest in
>> publishing such a book, so in the absence of an audience I
>> haven't bothered.
>> I'd be interested to know if the ARRL would be interested in
>> publishing something of this nature?
> Quite possibly, particularly if what we are talking about is
> just using existing PostScript and wrapping some cover art
> around the book.
That shouldn't be hard to do...
> It also depends to some degree on how large the book would be.
> Large, low-volume books are problematic. But a book of, say, 100
> to 200 pages would probably be viable. We would need details
> before making a commitment, of course.
I can't see it shrinking down that much, unless one used massive
pages, and I'd think size of page would be as important as how many.
As a more realistic guide than the above, and basing it on either the
European A5 size page, or the near-equivalent US half-letter size
page, I'd expect to see the finished product with somewhere in the
region of 300 to 400 pages, which means between 150 and 200 sheets of
paper. I for one wouldn't regard that as a large book.
For reference, the European A5 page is 210 x 149 millimetres, and the
US half-letter size is 8 x 5.5 inches. A quick conversion based on
25.4 millimetres per inch gives the US half-letter size as being 203
x 140 millimetres, but that's only an approximation...
Best wishes from Riley.
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