Re: [lace] out of date books
Hi Achim I thought long and hard about producing it as an eBook but in the end I took the advice that it should be paper or electronic but not both, and with the current market /level of computer literacy it just had to be hard copy. Re the size of .pdf files - it doesnât matter what size the computer screen shows (an iPad/tablet will never show a full A4 page) itâs the printed size that matters and again not everyone is computer savvy enough to check whether they are printing at 100% or something like 95% to fit onto the paper they are using. Then there is the problem of A4 versus USA letter size. But computer technology is progressing all the time and the younger generations who are growing up with it have different views and aspirations to us oldies! Brenda >> >> Personally speaking, whilst I love Kindle books for anything thatâs going to be read just once - immediate and easy to store - for any type of reference book or one with instructions etc I strongly prefer the printed version, so much easier to flip from page to page to find whatever it is you are looking for. > > That depends a lot on how good the PDF or eBook was prepared - there can be contents pages that link directly to the respective pages or appendices with linked catchwords. So it might actually be much easier to find something. Iâd for one would love to have your edition 6 in that format eventually. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - 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/
Re: [lace] out of date books
I bought the cook / Scott laces stitches for the kindle on iPad to use when teaching so I could keep my copy at home. It does the job but the kindle does not render the page the same way as the written book. What is on one page and easy to see in the paper copy is over 2 or three pages on the kindle regardless of which way you hold it up. The means that the photo and diagram are not shown together L Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 5 Jul 2015, at 11:06, Achim Siebert wrote: > > 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. - 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/
Re: [lace] out of date books
Hello Brenda, > Personally speaking, whilst I love Kindle books for anything that’s going to > be read just once - immediate and easy to store - for any type of reference > book or one with instructions etc I strongly prefer the printed version, so > much easier to flip from page to page to find whatever it is you are looking > for. That depends a lot on how good the PDF or eBook was prepared - there can be contents pages that link directly to the respective pages or appendices with linked catchwords. So it might actually be much easier to find something. I’d for one would love to have your edition 6 in that format eventually. > Re: .pdf files - unless you have the full Adobe software they are not > editable but they are scaleable so might be printed at any size. The only > way to know what the intended size is, is to include a scale or the 10cm x > 10cm square. This is not really necessary for PDF (if done correctly, which nowadays most of them are). If I look at an A4 PDF document at 100%, I see exactly A4 on my 27’ iMac (I can put a sheet of A4 paper in front to check and it fits perfectly). And if I print it at 100%, I get the exact size intended. So for a PDF with patterns, it will usually be printed correctly. Even better: if the author states to use the pattern at e.g. 170% magnification, you don’t have to go to a copy shop but just print it at 170% and you’ll have the correct size. This is of course only true if the whole workflow is done digitally, i.e. the book being written inside Indesign, PageMaker, QuarkXPress or Apple’s Pages. Even Word can output to correctly sized PDF now as far as I know (I haven’t used it for some years). For scans of old books converted to PDF this doesn’t apply necessarily - the creator of such a PDF will have to have some technical prowess and a good scanner to reach a 1:1 result. So I’m quite confident that the problems we still have within the digital world will be gone eventually. I’m always fascinated how well everything works together already - take for instance my cutting plotter (Silhouette Cameo): I can draw any form with any fillings and any fonts, print it with registration marks, then put it into the plotter and end up with an exactly cut out form. I use this to make e.g. nostalgic stickers with fancy outlines for cookie jars, bottles etc. Measurements I used in the software are always correct to a 10th of a mm. To stay nerdy: with the upcoming 3D-printers, we’ll eventually be able to make our own bobbins in any form and size we might want to (unfortunately only in plastic and not in wood). Even now it would be possible, the affordable machines for home use have a maximum working area of 12x12x12 cm and a 0.1 mm accuracy. I’m looking forward to the possibilities this will open up as soon as that technology will be a bit more advanced and reliable. Best, Achim. - 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/
Re: [lace] out of date books
Personally speaking, whilst I love Kindle books for anything thatâs going to be read just once - immediate and easy to store - for any type of reference book or one with instructions etc I strongly prefer the printed version, so much easier to flip from page to page to find whatever it is you are looking for. Re: .pdf files - unless you have the full Adobe software they are not editable but they are scaleable so might be printed at any size. The only way to know what the intended size is, is to include a scale or the 10cm x 10cm square. Brenda > > instead of hunting down the essential book âPractical Skills in Bobbin Laceâ by Bridget M. Cook, you can get it in the Kindle shop now for a very reasonable price - itâs a godsend to have it available everywhere on an iPad or KIndle. Or â100 Traditional Bobbin Lace Patternsâ by Cook/Stott. The bad thing being that itâs not possible to print from Kindle apps, so you can only use screenshots and then youâre not able to know which size the patterns were originally - that wouldnât happen if there were PDF files available, which allow for printing at exactly 100% Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - 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/
Re: [lace] out of date books
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 : > > 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/
[lace] out of date books
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/
[lace] out of date books
Hi Arachnids I have persued Print-on demand but they were definitely not interested. Their requirements for the format of the pdfs was so unusual that none of my computer expert friends could make them and the only person they suggested who might do them was unable to open my word files because she has a mac. I tried for over a year but was unsuccessful and have abandoned the idea. If anyone works for a Print on demand company and they would be interested please contact me. I have two options for my Torchon book. comb bound or thermal bound. Comb bimding takes too long to do myself and I am trying to find - 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/
