Paper is only part of the cost of a book of course. Apparently a plastic
banknote costs twice as much to produce as the old paper ones - OK this is
very specialist printing, security measures etc but I would guess that we
would see similar figures for books?
On 12 January 2011 18:09, Paul G Dodd <> wrote:
> 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: [mailto:
> On Behalf Of Tony Keene
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 4:59 PM
> To: Birding-aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] 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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