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13. Re: The Great Animal Orchestra -- feedback

Subject: 13. Re: The Great Animal Orchestra -- feedback
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:42 pm ((PDT))
Will do, Vicki. Although I do know that that option was considered at
the outset, and rejected. I'll check with them, though. And maybe
there will be a way to access it through a special link to their web
site.  Stand by...

Bernie


On Mar 23, 2012, at 2:38 PM, vickipowys wrote:

> Bernie,
>
> Well if you can't, then why then doesn't Little Brown issue a
> separate CD of the wildlife sounds?  They could make it downloadable
> in the same way that many CDs are these days.
>
> I don't have any of the i-thingys to use for book reading /listening,
> nor do I want any of them, but I do have a CD player.
>
> I agree with Dan there are too many options.
>
> Please forward my CD request to the publishers!
>
> Vicki Powys
> Australia
>
>
>
> On 24/03/2012, at 7:25 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
>
>> The closest models to that concept, Vicki, are either the enhanced
>> iBook or the audio book, which anyone can acquire. They contain all
>> of
>> the sounds referenced in the book.  I am bound by contract -- since
>> all of the related audio files are licensed to Little Brown -- such
>> that I cannot issue a separate CD.
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2012, at 1:09 PM, vickipowys wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bernie,
>>>
>>> Like Dan, I would like a hard-cover book with a CD.  I've ordered
>>> the
>>> hard-cover book from Borders Australia.
>>>
>>> Will it be possible to download a CD that I can keep with the book?
>>>
>>> Vicki Powys
>>> Australia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24/03/2012, at 3:47 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
>>>
>>>> We know, Dan. I've sent this into our publisher and it's being
>>>> worked
>>>> on. It'll get straightened out. BTW, thanks for coming to the
>>>> launch
>>>> the other eve. Great to see you and Sharon.
>>>>
>>>> Bernie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 23, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Dan Dugan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> The content differences among the various versions of the book
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> not very clear from reading the descriptions on Amazon, iTunes,
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> even on the Hachette website. Do you know whether Hachette has
>>>>>> plans to improve the detail of these descriptions?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a marketing mess, Bernie! Please forward my complaint to
>>>>> the
>>>>> publisher. I bought a hard-cover expecting a CD and the Apple
>>>>> iBook
>>>>> expecting sounds in the text. Neither were provided.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I search for Bernie Krause in iBooks and there are six
>>>>> products
>>>>> branded "The Great Animal Orchestra." Six! Four free sounds albums
>>>>> described as "shorts," whatever that means, and two editions of
>>>>> the
>>>>> book, one "enhanced" which when you open its screen says "This
>>>>> book
>>>>> includes audio" in fine print away from the main description.
>>>>>
>>>>> All you need is a hard cover with a CD inside, and an electronic
>>>>> edition with the sounds. Seems simple but I don't know what they
>>>>> were thinking.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm buying another copy of the edition I should have ordered
>>>> you
>>>>> can't return iBooks or give them to a friend.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Dan
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>>>>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>>>>> Krause.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wild Sanctuary
>>>> POB 536
>>>> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>>>> 707-996-6677
>>>> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>>>> 
>>>> Google Earth zooms: http://earth.wildsanctuary.com
>>>> SKYPE: biophony
>>>> FaceBook:
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/TheGreatAnimalOrchestra
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/BernieKrauseAuthor
>>>> Twitter:
>>>> http://www.twitter.com/berniekrause
>>>> YouTube:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/BernieKrauseTV
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>>>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>>>> Krause.
>>>>
>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>>> Krause.
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Wild Sanctuary
>> POB 536
>> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>> 707-996-6677
>> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>> 
>> Google Earth zooms: http://earth.wildsanctuary.com
>> SKYPE: biophony
>> FaceBook:
>> http://www.facebook.com/TheGreatAnimalOrchestra
>> http://www.facebook.com/BernieKrauseAuthor
>> Twitter:
>> http://www.twitter.com/berniekrause
>> YouTube:
>> https://www.youtube.com/BernieKrauseTV
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>> Krause.
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> Krause.
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Wild Sanctuary
POB 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-996-6677
http://www.wildsanctuary.com

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SKYPE: biophony
FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/TheGreatAnimalOrchestra
http://www.facebook.com/BernieKrauseAuthor
Twitter:
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YouTube:
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