There are even further possibilities today. Instead of just stopping to have their books printed, the authors could make those volumes public domain and give them to project Gutenberg - usually there’s already high quality PDF files available or can at least be created easily. Or arrange for that to happen in case of their decease by a testamentary note or some such. I presume most authors would like to have their work to live on and be common and well known to advance the cause of lacemaking.
Some of this is happening already - instead of hunting down the essential book „Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace“ by Bridget M. Cook, you can get it in the Kindle shop now for a very reasonable price - it’s a godsend to have it available everywhere on an iPad or KIndle. Or „100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patterns“ by Cook/Stott. The bad thing being that it’s not possible to print from Kindle apps, so you can only use screenshots and then you’re not able to know which size the patterns were originally - that wouldn’t happen if there were PDF files available, which allow for printing at exactly 100%. A big oversight by Amazon. They could at least include a page containing a picture of a 10x10 cm square with measurements given for comparison. Achim from Berlin - with nearly 29 °C in my room now and high humidity, trying to move as little as possible > Am 05.07.2015 um 09:36 schrieb Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net>: > > Hi Arachnids > > Many of us are concerned about lace books going out of date. My printer will > Print-on-demand and then send out books for a very small initial fee. He is > not cheap but totally honest and you will receive more than the normal royalty > rate. i.e. all you do is send him a book and then receive royalties. Let me > know if you would like his details. > > Blow the dust > > Alex - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
