Excellent! Sometime people don't like to talk about their books until there're actually about to hit the shelf. I've been a pre-pub reviewer a few times, always with the understanding that it was a quiet duty.
Being published by Filson may not make you rich, but it sure doesn't hurt your credibility as a historian. I guess you did more than a bit of your research in their archives? They have loads of stuff about how Louisville, for its first half century or so, was considered to be a good place to go if you wanted to die of some swamp related or bad water disease ... a condition that our massive ditch system in the southern part of the country addressed. Of course, now, some of the enviro-whackies want to undo those civil works and restore us to nature. But that' a future chapter I'll have no personal interest in. Considering the topic of your out of print work, I wouldn't be amazed to learn that KSPE was interested in publishing future editions. With the first thing I had published, around '88, the graphics were a problem. I did them in a paint type program (perhaps MacPaint) but the resolution was insufficient for press purposes. The publisher redrew everything, complete with a significant glitch that I didn't catch during proofing. Most recent time, I just emailed some oversized jpegs and the publisher scaled to meet his layout needs. Life is easier now. Bill On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 04:40 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: > Bill- > > I'm not embarrased to talk about the book and the kind of maps to be > published. The book is titled, Daniel Boone and the Defeat at Blue > Licks. It contains about nine maps, several of which have been > published before, but sligtly altered. I have already had three books > published, all on history. They all contained maps and drawings, but > for the life of me, I don't know how they were handled by the > publishers. > > For the records, the books already published are: > Early Kentucky Land Records, published by the Filson Club, now a > collectors item. > My Father, Daniel Boone, published by the Univ. Press of Ky., still a > best seller. > Virginia's Western War, published by Stackpole, still available. > > I'm always happy to plug my books. > > Neal > > Bill Holt wrote: > >> Neal, >> >> Here's the web site: http://www.lemkesoft.com/ >> >> No Mac should be without a copy of GraphicConverter. If you have any >> curiosity about what one person, or a very few people, can >> accomplish, you may want to look at some of the other stuff. >> >> I wouldn't expect Kinkos to be able to handle VW files, but have >> gotten good results by emailing pdf files for them to print. As I >> recall - and it's been a couple of years - they charged $10 per sheet >> to print on bond. To have it printed on velum, I had to supply the >> vellum. >> >> Can you talk about the book and what kind of maps you've put together? >> >> Bill >> >> >> On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 03:45 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: >> >>> Bill: >>> >>> Where can I buy a copy of GraphicConverter? For the map going to the >>> printer, I shall try what you said. >>> >>> For regular large architectural drawings, I simply move the Vector >>> Words document on to a CD-R disc, and drop it off at Electric Blue >>> Print Company on Main Street. They go a great job of either B&W or >>> color at a reasonable price. Much better than Kinkos, I think. >>> >>> Neal >>> >>> Bill Holt wrote: >>> >>>> Neil, >>>> >>>> You can probably get a better result - a lot better - by leaving >>>> the maps in vector format instead of translating to a bitmap. Your >>>> publisher probably wants 1200 dpi or better for his work, and if >>>> you send to him as a vector based file then he can generate that >>>> sort of density routinely. If you try to do it, it will be huge at >>>> your end. One way to do this is to copy to the clipboard and then >>>> open the clipboard in GraphicConverter and save in the scaleable >>>> vector format. Then your publisher can use GC (or perhaps >>>> something else) to open the file and print to whatever resolution >>>> he wants. >>>> >>>> Or, it might be useful for you to use the same routine I use for >>>> drawing output. Instead of firing up the old pen plotter, I >>>> "print" from VW to a pdf file and email that to Kinkos for >>>> plotting. I don't know whether pdf carries the vector info when >>>> created in this way or not, but if not, a workaround is to print at >>>> some multiplier of the desired final size and let your publisher >>>> print at the reciprocal. That packs a lot of resolution into the >>>> image. >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 07:32 AM, Neal Hammon wrote: >>>> >>>>> Bill- >>>>> >>>>> I'm a retired architect, and I still do some architectural >>>>> drawings, which I put on a CD and have printed at Electric >>>>> Blueprint on Main Street. >>>>> >>>>> At present I am working on a book, scheduled to be published next >>>>> month, which contains about six or seven maps, that I created on >>>>> VW, and am sending to my publisher. Some I printed out on my lazer >>>>> and sent, and others I have sent email, without great success. But >>>>> apparently I need to turn up the ppi on the VW export box. >>>>> >>>>> Neal Hammon >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Bill Holt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Neal, >>>>>> >>>>>> I suggest that you get a copy of GraphicConverter. It's $30 or >>>>>> $35, as I recall, and translates from damned near any format to >>>>>> damned near any other one ... and allows a lot of image >>>>>> manipulation. You'll have to experiment with the dpi setting. >>>>>> It depends on the pict you're bringing in and on the application >>>>>> yo intend for it. If your goal is to optimize for screen >>>>>> viewing, you may want to go with 72 or so, for good prints you'll >>>>>> probably want at least double that density. >>>>>> >>>>>> What kind of stuff do you do with VW10? I'm an occasional user, >>>>>> now of VW11. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Bill Holt >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, July 8, 2005, at 02:14 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Question for anyone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am using a G5 with system 10.3.4 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On the internet I use Netscape. (probably not a good choice, but >>>>>>> I am used to it.) Once in a while I receive pictures and/or >>>>>>> drawings I can not open. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I work with a Vector CAD program, version 10. With this program >>>>>>> I can export the following. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> BMP, JPEG, TIFF, TGA, SGI, PNG, PIC, MACPAINT AND PHOTOSHOP. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Question: What would be a good dpi setting to used when >>>>>>> exporting the programs? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I presume I can also open the same programs, but the instruction >>>>>>> book is not too clear on this. I have no problems opening >>>>>>> Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and JPEG. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Neal Hammon >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>>>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>>>> | List posting address: >>>>>>> <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>>> | List posting address: >>>>>> <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
