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From: Cecil Bankston <[log in to unmask]>
To: Dan Yoshimoto <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: Shell books
 
 
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>>Wes,
>>        I've mentioned that idea to several people working on book
>>projects, but they all say that they don't know how to do that "Computer
>>illustration stuff".  Maybe we need a new Scientific Illustration CD Rom
>>Company, made up of people who DO know how "That computer stuff works".
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>>would be a great addition to the publishing world.  Why not?
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>A possible example of what can be done is The Photo-Atlas of Minerals,
>produced by The Gem & Mineral Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural
>History.  Check it out at http://nhm.org/~gmc.  The museum or the authors
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>the CD probably could give potential shell CD authors good info on how it's
>done.
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>>>Shell books with the desired characteristics are inherently very
>>>expensive, and only a few can afford them.
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>>>There is an alternative for books of good quality and adequate
>>>information:  The CD.
>>>Why not go CD if you have the time, material and ability to produce a
>>>book?  You probably can't expect to make much money by writing a shell
>>>book on an obscure family in any event.  Do it for the overall good of
>>>malacology.  In the process, you will be awarded with the gratitude of
>>>people who are interested in the family, if the CD is really worth
>>>while.
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