DMB and Arlo, On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 7:48 AM, ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote: > [DMB] > http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/the-truth-about-art-reclaiming-quality-by-patrick-doorly/2016268.article > > The reviewer finds things to criticize and things to praise about Patrick > Doorly's book. (Any press is good press?) > > [Arlo] > "The book is printed on low-quality paper with dense text in double columns, > which do not make for pleasant reading." Ouch.
[Dan] If I had purchased a book "printed on low-quality paper with dense text in double columns" I would have promptly sent it back for a refund. Not only is this information the reader needs to know before they buy the book (there is no free preview available on Amazon as most books have) but it is something that can (probably) be remedied in the next edition. This is constructive criticism... something the author can use to improve his work. I have published a number of print books using CreateSpace, a division of Amazon... basically a POD (print on demand) publishing house. The prices for customers are reasonable (there is no cost to me as the publisher), the quality is there (paper-wise as well as the illustrations), and I have the ability to go back any time and make changes should I deem them necessary. The point is, there are options out there so that an author does not have to settle for low quality, especially when his book is about reclaiming quality! Dan http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
