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Posted by Felix C on February 23, 2021, 6:39:15, in reply to "Book Marketing Question"

I see in some recent Pen & Sword HCs photographs are embedded in the text pages. Previously and as we were long accustomed, illustrations were bound separate from the text block on coated paper. The reproduction was much sharper on the coated sections than the current uncoated text paper.

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As many of you know, I have been collecting data on the Iowa class for many years. I started organizing material into book form. I have so much material that the planned Chapter 1 has become a book in itself. So that is what is happening.

I hope to complete the research with a couple of weeks so I can finish off the manuscript. This will be the introductory for book for the series (none of my 3D structural models). Nonetheless, nearly all of the material is entirely new.

I have lined up production folks to create the final product. When I have described what I want to do, the reaction has been "that's going to be expensive." This is not a project that can be done with on demand printing.

My marketing question to you folks is how you folks view the trade off of cost over quality. Fold outs, cloth cover, case binding, and color raise the cost.

These days, cheap book materials are the norm. I am considering the wisdom of going against that trend.

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[quote] I see in some recent Pen & Sword HCs photographs are embedded in the text pages. Previously and as we were long accustomed, illustrations were bound separate from the text block on coated paper. The reproduction was much sharper on the coated sections than the current uncoated text paper. [quote] As many of you know, I have been collecting data on the Iowa class for many years. I started organizing material into book form. I have so much material that the planned Chapter 1 has become a book in itself. So that is what is happening. I hope to complete the research with a couple of weeks so I can finish off the manuscript. This will be the introductory for book for the series (none of my 3D structural models). Nonetheless, nearly all of the material is entirely new. I have lined up production folks to create the final product. When I have described what I want to do, the reaction has been "that's going to be expensive." This is not a project that can be done with on demand printing. My marketing question to you folks is how you folks view the trade off of cost over quality. Fold outs, cloth cover, case binding, and color raise the cost. These days, cheap book materials are the norm. I am considering the wisdom of going against that trend. [/quote] [/quote]

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