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Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:33 pm
by RobRick
Me too!

Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:23 pm
by Tarrbot
Paul,
I have a domain and space to put the teaser if you want.
You may end up with a hundred e-mails of a teaser and not have time to do much beyond that.
Just a thought and it's no trouble if you can send it to me.
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:28 pm
by bassduke49
Thanks, guys. I've answered about 25 requests and received some good suggestions. Keep in mind you are seeing a reduced-file pdf of each page so they can be e-mailed easily. The actual pages include hi-res images so that they can be published and printed (if I go that route) or burned onto CD. It's way too early to speculate how I will publish the book. There's no way I'm going to "make money" at this, and I'm not worried about that. I could account for all my expenses and put it against income gained in the future, but I want to enjoy the project, not worry about it. No matter which way I go, the finished project will cost the readers some money, but they will be getting a high-quality product. And when? Ah . . . we'll just have to wait and see.
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:31 pm
by bassduke49
Thanks, Scott, but I'd rather keep it under my control at this point. I can handle "hundreds" of requests if it should come to that, but I'm not ready to have it accessible to the general public. I'm just looking for Forumite's feedback right now.
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:22 am
by Tarrbot
bassduke49 wrote:Thanks, Scott, but I'd rather keep it under my control at this point. I can handle "hundreds" of requests if it should come to that, but I'm not ready to have it accessible to the general public. I'm just looking for Forumite's feedback right now.
Makes sense to me.
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:36 am
by paul_yan
bassduke49 wrote:I want to enjoy the project, not worry about it.
You've got it absolutely right, Paul, kudos to you!
Looking forward to the publishing of the project!

Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:10 am
by rickenbrother
Paul, why don't you publish what you have?
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:20 am
by rickaddict
email sent...
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:01 am
by SMR 78
rickaddict wrote:email sent...
+1
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:23 am
by bassduke49
rickenbrother wrote:Paul, why don't you publish what you have?
That is my intention. If I go with an electronic version and self publish, I'll be able to correct/update easily as information comes to light.
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:36 pm
by mad_phingers
I could easily read a few hundred pages of this, great stuff, excellent pictures. Can't wait to see more! Thanks again
jake
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:42 pm
by T.A.R.
email sent! I can't wait

Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:42 pm
by bassduke49
Huh. Nobody caught the typo yet. This is just like "where's Waldo?"
Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:09 pm
by jps
bassduke49 wrote:Huh. Nobody caught the typo yet. This is just like "where's Waldo?"
You mean, we have to re-read it all with a loupe, now?

Was the typo intentional to see if we are paying attention? Was it Dorothy's idea?
I see where there may be a missing
a and a missing
the in the text.

With these great photos it was hard to see any text at all.

Re: Rick Bass Book progress
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:45 pm
by Tarrbot
bassduke49 wrote:Huh. Nobody caught the typo yet. This is just like "where's Waldo?"
I was a technical editor for a magazine on the west coast in a former life.
We copy edited each others work.
I'll find it when I get a chance to read it.
Had some things come up.