A word of caution for those producing and selling their own books. In the
UK, you are classed as self-employed if you do anything to earn money
yourself, even if you already have a job. Under the age of 60 I had to apply
for exemption from self-employed National Insurance contributions, firstly
On 9/13/11 1:51 PM, Jean Nathan wrote:
. . . the author could photocopy the book, . . .
Provided, of course, that the publisher has released to him
the copyright on the *typesetting*. Otherwise, one is stuck
with starting with the material sent to the publisher -- if
you kept a copy after the
A bit late chiming in but I know a few authors who have used lulu.com as far as
I know their print on demand is possible in colour you submit a PDF and choose
from multiple formats. The return if I remember correctly is quite good too
Of the two people I know who have used it, one who writes hig
Cynce Williams wrote:
Subject: Re: [lace] Books on Demand
I just looked for your book on AllBooks.
Compare textbook prices on new and used college textbooks
http://www.allbookstores.com/
Prices range from $450 to $700 USD.
Cynthia
Hi everyone
I've just checke
In message , jeria...@aol.com writes
If copies flood the market, what does that do to the value of a library
accumulated book-by-book? I have not found an educational organization that
is interested in receiving the library as a gift!
I think it then depends upon the purpose the library was
#x27;re talking about, that badly, I want to keep it.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where it is still a beautiful early fall
day.
-Original Message-
>From: Jacquie Tinch
>Sent: Sep 14, 2011 11:18 AM
>To: lace@arachne.com
>Subject: [lace] Books on Demand/Lace Book Pr
Thoughts from a Lace Library owner:
Over 1,000 book titles under "Lace" category! During the past 40 years,
none cost just $1. Most cost well over $25. At the IOLI in August, I
bought 19 books from a dealer, at an average price of $47 per book!!!
I have usually paid what specialty lac
Good idea to check ebay.
For the exercise, I did this, at ebay.ca and international sellers
just now, to find only one listing of a book by Catherine Barley,
Venetian Gros Point Lace in the UK. In North American and Australia
there was a handful of needlelace related titles by other authors.
Price
Hi everyone and Antje
Yes this is a really good idea.
The control panel on my desktop has backup settings, and a timer. I
rely on it :D
You are right, it is peace of mind
On 9/14/11, AGlez wrote:
> After having lost very important data several times because I forgot to
> backup, I am using now
sylvania, US, where we're off to another fine day.
> This is four in a row, and has made me feel a lot better.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Catherine Barley
>> Sent: Sep 14, 2011 3:33 AM
>> To: lace@arachne.com
>> Subject: [lace] Books on D
to another fine day. This
is four in a row, and has made me feel a lot better.
-Original Message-
>From: Catherine Barley
>Sent: Sep 14, 2011 3:33 AM
>To: lace@arachne.com
>Subject: [lace] Books on Demand
>
>Good morning everyone
>
>Thank you all so much for your
I just looked for your book on AllBooks.
Compare textbook prices on new and used college textbooks
http://www.allbookstores.com/
Prices range from $450 to $700 USD.
Cynthia
On Sep 14, 2011, at 2:33 AM, Catherine Barley wrote:
> Good morning everyone
>
> Thank you all so much for your views a
There is so much information in your book, Catherine, that I am sure a black
& white copy would be fine. People are after your knowledge, and ability to
pass on that knowledge, rather than look at coloured photos!!!
I think getting the information out there is more important, so I say yes to
black
Hi Bev and all,
After having lost very important data several times because I forgot to
backup, I am using now a program which backs up automatically. You can
download it for free at http://www.rdcomp.net/ It is called EZBack-it-up.
You can make the backups to an external hard disk or to a pendri
Good morning everyone
Thank you all so much for your views and I bow to your superior knowledge,
which is way beyond my limited computer skills at present. However, I will
follow up all the advice given. The response so far has been very positive
but my main concern is that as my book went to fi
Hi Catherine and All
A photographer friend of ours recently e published a book of photos
telling the story of his first year living in Spain. The quality of
the printing is superb, even the ´paperback´version.
I´ve just checked and the company does have offices in both the UK and
USA so y
Hi everyone
I'd like to move the topic forward, to talk about backing up
It is a good idea to have several places and means of storage for
important files (any file is important if you don't want to lose it!).
I have just increased the external drive for the weekly computer back
up to 500 GB. Sho
I hope I'm not just repeating what others have said. I feel that books
are a precious resource and need to be protected. Paper books are great
but expensive to produce and keep in stock. Ebooks in whatever form are
excellent as well.
May I suggest that authors keep a master print copy of their
Saving info from floppy to a current form of storage is very necessary if the
data is important, but a memory stick isn't the most reliable way - a hard
drive or CD/DVD is better, and/or upload to a remote server somewhere.
Brenda
On 13 Sep 2011, at 17:12, bev walker wrote:
> I think it would
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
>Sent: Sep 13, 2011 10:09 AM
>To: la
There is one possible way round the problem of books which were produced
before the advent of windows and digital photography, i.e. on a typewriter
and with diagrams cut out and glued on to a page - yes we did used to have
to that! If the publisher has released the copyright back to the author,
Hello Catherine and everyone
I think it would be timely to make your book available again either as
BoD or eBook, pdf. For the latter you could go with colour.
The information on the floppies should be stored to current media
storage (e.g. a memory stick) if possible. Maybe you've done that
alread
Barley
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:10 PM
To: lace
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
Hi Cathy
I would be happy to buy a copy in black and white rather not have a copy at
all, especially as I have just taken up needlelace again after a very,very
long break.
Corinne
In Sunny Sussex
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Catherine Barley <
catherinebar...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Dear L
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
Alex wrote:
Yes please, I would be interested to know how you get on with this system and I
am sure others on the list might like to know as they may be able to use the
information for something other than lace. My daughter made a book on line
using www.blurb.com and it came out very nice.
Hello Alex
Please keep us all up-to-date on whether you are going to reprint your book,
and when.
Agnes Boddington
Elloughton UK
I have been planning to reprint my torchon book and following the letters
about Books on Demand I traced one of the machines to Blackwells, 100
Charing
Cross Rad,
Dear Arachnids
I have been planning to reprint my torchon book and following the letters
about Books on Demand I traced one of the machines to Blackwells, 100 Charing
Cross Rad, London, UK and went to visit them. The operator was very helpful
and I am tentatively thinking about using them to repri
Hello,
DH has published his cook book via Books on Demand about 10 years ago and it is
still
selling.
Martina in Bavaria, Gemany
On 2 Jun 2010 at 13:32, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
> Hello All! While standing in line at Barnes & Noble, I overheard a
> conversation regarding "books on deman
Dear Arachnids
Books on Demand sounds very interesting. I have been planning computer
printing and comb binding my Torchon Drafting book as I doubt if I would get
sufficient sales for a 1000 book print, but this sounds interesting. I have
had a look at the web site for Blackwells and it sounds sim
Lorri Ferguson wrote:
We have one of these machines in the Pacific Northwest of Washington State.
When it began it was noted in a newspaper article that it was only 1 of 4 in
the world, that was last year.
Do you know how many you might have in the UK.
Sorry - I've no idea. Blackwell's in Oxfo
A quick browse of the internet reveals that google books does have some
kind of an agreement with the Print on Demand, Espresso Book Machine. The
September 2009 Library Journal article says the following:
Google and _On Demand Books_ (http://www.ondemandbooks.com/,) (ODB), the
maker of the
We have one of these machines in the Pacific Northwest of Washington State.
When it began it was noted in a newspaper article that it was only 1 of 4 in
the world, that was last year.
Do you know how many you might have in the UK.
Lorri
Here's an explanation:-
http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/
Here's an explanation:-
http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/editorial/browse/espresso.jsp
It's about Blackwell's " The Espresso Book Machine", but I believe other
booksellers have the same arrangements; I've had some through Amazon.
Linda Walton.
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I don't think so.
It is another publishing option, has been around for awhile. lulu.com is
another (someone wrote about the 'lulu' site to arachne a while back).
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM, wrote:
> I wonder if this is related to the Google books project to digitalize books
> that are out
I wonder if this is related to the Google books project to digitalize books
that are out of print and unlikely to be reprinted. If someone orders an
out of print lace book, and/or one of our authors on the list gets a royalty
for such a reprint, it would be interesting to hear about it. So ma
hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
Hello All! While standing in line at Barnes & Noble, I overheard a conversation
regarding "books on demand". [snip]
This has worked really well for some textbooks I've wanted. I've bought
at least three on this scheme, (probably more, can't remember).
The price
"books on demand" is also the name of company. I bought a couple of bobbin
lace books from Barbara Fay that were from BOD.
It is an economical way to publish small quantities, as for a niche market
(such as lacemaking!).
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:32 AM, wrote:
> Hello All! While standing in
Hello All! While standing in line at Barnes & Noble, I overheard a
conversation regarding "books on demand". I'd never heard of this concept so
asked the attendant. Apparently there are publishers who receive (paid in
advance!) orders from B&N, print the book & send it to the store for pick u
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