I'll stick with the present type of book I think. At 445 each one could get
22.22 copies of Pizzey over time for $1000 - just replace them as they get too
soggy to use.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Paul G Dodd
Sent: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 5:40 PM
To: 'Tony Keene'; 'Birding-aus'
Subject: Bird guide design
I think the polymer used for the banknotes would be prohibitively expensive. I
also think that the polymer used for the notes may be too thick (and perhaps
too heavy). I notice that there is waterproof paper - which can be written on -
but a quick check of the price of packets of waterproof A4 paper ($56 per 200
sheets or $140 per ream) compared to regular A4 paper ($6.30 per ream) shows
that it is slightly more than 22 times the cost. This would mean that Pizzey
($45 from Andrew Isles) would probably retail at about $1000 in a waterproof
edition - about three times the cost of a volume of HANZAB!
With the incredible take-off of electronic readers like Kindle, and of course
the burgeoning revolution in tablet devices like the iPad, it may be that
electronic delivery is the appropriate medium for the future?
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Tony Keene
Sent: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 4:59 PM
To: Birding-aus
Subject: Bird guide design
Hi all,
I did a bit of a review of the big four bird guides for birdforum and one
subject I touched on was what the books are printed on. Simpson and Day has a
waterproof cover under the dustjacket and waterproof end papers, while Slater
and Morcombe have plastic sleeves (Pizzey doesn't appear to have any
waterproofing), but why stop there? Reading about CSIRO's nascent field guide,
I wonder if they would entertain the idea of using similar paper for the book
as they use for Australian bank notes - you'd have a guide that would be
completely waterproof and that much more useful in the field as well as more
resistant to normal wear and tear.
Just an idea.
Cheers,
Tony
www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk
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