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

[naeelah.livejournal.com]

I meant to clarify -- downloading is great when you aren't using something as stringently, because you can put it in a cheap binder and not worry as much about wear and tear. I would happily pay $10 for a download, but you're right $30 seems a little steep -- unless the printed book is, like $70.

Personally, I don't favor spiral bound books, because the spirals end up getting broken in time (especially when they end up on the bottom of boxes filled with books) and pages inevitably tear out. Also, there's no title printed on the spine.

However, in some cases, they're easiest to work with. If the book will have a lot of practical instruction that you'll need to follow while constructing something, spiral binding is probably better. Especially if it's a book that will need to be propped up on a stand. Spirals lay flat, solid spines never do. Definitely do them with hard covers, though, because paper covers always end up tearing off.