Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

+1 on the coil binding.


On Jun 10, 2009, at 4:15 AM, bktormey wrote:

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> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Anu Kirk" <anukirk@...> wrote:
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> > Finally, my plan is to "publish" this as an actual hold-in-your- 
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> book through Blurb.com.
> > Blurb has several different sizes available, as well as hard cover  
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> soft cover options. If I do black and white pages at 5"x8", the
> softcover would be $7 and the hardcover would be $21, assuming I don't
> try to actually make any money selling them.
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> Hi Anu,
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> Thanks for creating and generously sharing your first class, top  
> shelf,
> first edition of The Definitive Guide. You really nailed it as a
> companion piece, not only to the DSI manuals, but to evolving eVolver
> owners. For me, your 4 1/2 pages on Hard Sync, with its guided hands- 
> on
> technique, was a perfect introduction for understanding, creating, and
> messing with the Hard Sync sound.
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> I highly recommend that you check-0ut Lulu.com for publishing the  
> second
> edition. Their print-on-demand model means no initial outlay for you.
> You can create eBooks, and select your options for softcover and
> harcover editions. Their quality is excellent. Their commission is
> very reasonable. They offertheir own storefront as well as marketing
> arrangements with Amazon.
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> Based on the very readable format on the first edition, I recommend a
> standard landscape layout. You may want to offer a coil-wrap binding
> for the softcover so that your readers can lay the book flat while
> working-out your excercises. Others may have a different opinon on the
> binding.
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> Good luck!
>
> Bob
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