Robyn said in part: > I have a suggestion--we recently had a discussion of the positive and > negative aspects of publishing a lace pattern book as a CD. Those who > objected to a CD pattern book seemed mostly interested in being able to > browse the pretty pictures somewhere other than at the computer. I think > a CD dictionary might be very well received, since there is less of that > sort of browsing (I know, there's some, but not like a pattern book). It > could make searching easier; if it could search in the definitions, there > need be only one entry with all the synonyms (whole vs. whole-and-twist vs > double stitch could be a single entry). That might make it a little more > like an encyclopedia than a dictionary, but that's not a bad thing. And > it's certainly a whole lot less expensive to produce a CD "book", always a > good point when self-publishing.
Though a CD is ceratinly an option, I would prefer a paper one for these reasons: - Don't need a computer to access it, can bring it to class - Don't need electricity to access it - Can write in the margins, make notes, add alternates as found, generally comment in my own hand and as I chose and need to So call me a ludite. I make lace, don't I? Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
