Publishing Poll

[labricoleuse]

It's not generally my practice to conduct polls, but i figured that this would be the best place to get relevant feedback regarding a few textbooks i have in the pipeline, which i'll be publishing by 2008. Please forgive my blatant market research, but it's in the interest of putting out the best possible textbook. The first two titles will focus on parasols and straw hats (which, if you have ever researched those topics at all, you know that it's particularly hard to find decent resources that cover them in-depth; i want to change that). I know what I like in a textbook, but i don't know that my preferences are everybody's preferences.

I've made the poll with boxes instead of buttons so you can choose more than one option.

[Poll #1035127]

Comments

[trystbat.livejournal.com]

I also really like clear b/w drawings & sometimes prefer that over photos bec. it shows construction better. I'm thinking of the Hunnisett books, which have drawings of several famous historical portraits & you can see all the little details to figure out how the garments were made. And, of course, nothing beats drawings of patterns & some construction techniques.

[naeelah.livejournal.com]

I agree, line drawings are great. It's good to see photos, but they really do show construction better.