CD-ROMs can be labor intensive, but the results can be outstanding. I have
published a CD-ROM on seashells and x-rays and the images can be printed. I
would be happy to advise anyone who would like to pursue the same with their
favorites.
 
Steven Crow
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Yoshimoto <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Shell books
 
 
>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".  It
>would be a great addition to the publishing world.  Why not?
>Dan Yoshimoto, Lost on THE LOST COAST
>
>
>
>>Shell books with the desired characteristics are inherently very
>>expensive, and only a few can afford them.
>>
>>There is an alternative for books of good quality and adequate
>>information:  The CD.  CD's can be produced at quite low cost (though
>>not at reduced work on the part of the author).  One major problem is
>>that most people prefer reading a physical book.  You can print the part
>>of a CD book that most interests you at a specific time.  If the
>>graphics are available easily (often not the case), you can print them
>>separately and lay them out on your table for comparison of all the
>>species you would like to compare.  This flexibility is not available in
>>a physical book.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Many old books had illustrations in a separate section.  This allows
>>looking at the illustrations while reading any page of the text, and
>>still permits economies of printing color in one section.  Compared to
>>having the color section as part of the text book, it is a great idea.
>>This also brings up the possibility of having an excellent black and
>>white text book with a CD holding the graphics.
>>
>>Aloha,
>>
>>Wes
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