Re: [lace] Books on Demand

2011-09-15 Thread Catherine Barley
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 checked out

Re: [lace] Books on Demand

2011-09-15 Thread Lora
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

Re: [lace] Books on demand

2011-09-15 Thread Joy Beeson
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

Re: [lace] books on demand

2011-09-14 Thread pam
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

Re: [lace] books on demand/backing up files

2011-09-14 Thread AGlez
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

Re: [lace] Books on Demand

2011-09-14 Thread Cynce Williams
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 and

Re: [lace] Books on Demand

2011-09-14 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Catherine, Your concern is valid. And unfortunately not everyone's books are considered to be The Book on a particular subject. But when you get what have been called 'silly' prices, clearly there is quite a demand out there. The sales you are describing are those which are between

Re: [lace] books on demand/backing up files

2011-09-14 Thread bev walker
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 antje.gonza...@gmail.com wrote: After having lost very important data several times because I forgot to

Re: [lace] Books on Demand/Lace Book Prices

2011-09-14 Thread bev walker
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.

Re: [lace] Books on Demand/Lace Book Prices

2011-09-14 Thread Jeriames
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 lace

Re: [lace] Books on Demand/Lace Book Prices

2011-09-14 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Jacquie et al, I am corrected. Well, sort of. I think the best idea is to look where you can for prices. I forgot about ebay. And I am a library officionado, but I've never tried lace book libraries, because if I want a reference book, and that's the sort of book we're talking

Re: [lace] books on demand

2011-09-13 Thread corinne jones
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

RE: [lace] books on demand

2011-09-13 Thread Karen Zammit Manduca
I was one of those lucky enough to obtain a copy at a reasonable price recently because we were using it for a section in my Diploma in Lace Studies at the University of Malta. It is a beautiful book (I knew because I had seen it before) and I think I would have been grateful for a copy even in

Re: [lace] books on demand

2011-09-13 Thread bev walker
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

Re: [lace] books on demand black and white.

2011-09-13 Thread lynrbailey
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

Re: [lace] books on demand

2011-09-13 Thread Brenda Paternoster
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

Re: [lace] books on demand

2011-09-13 Thread Anna Binnie
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

Re: [lace] books on demand/backing up files

2011-09-13 Thread bev walker
Hi everyone I'd like to move the topic forward, to talk about backing up g 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.

Re: [lace] Books on demand

2010-06-23 Thread Agnes Boddington
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

Re: [lace] books on demand?

2010-06-13 Thread martina . dewille
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 demand.

Re: [lace] Books on demand

2010-06-03 Thread Lorri Ferguson
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:-

Re: [lace] Books on demand

2010-06-03 Thread Linda Walton
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

Re: [lace] books on demand?

2010-06-02 Thread bev walker
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, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All!

Re: [lace] books on demand?

2010-06-02 Thread Linda Walton
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

Re: [lace] Books on demand

2010-06-02 Thread bev walker
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, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: I wonder if this is related to the Google books project to digitalize books

Re: [lace] Books on demand

2010-06-02 Thread Linda Walton
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. - To unsubscribe send email to