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waltereo
Nov 19, 2004, 2:01 AM
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I really hate the pictures from John long books.
I wonder why he didn't put them in color ! Maybe for keeping the books
at the lowest price.
But still, It is difficult to see the details that may be interesting to see.
B&W pictures but higher contrast would make things easier to see....
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benpullin
Nov 19, 2004, 2:05 AM
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I guarantee you that it wasn't John's decision.
The cost in using color photos is significantly larger, I'd imagine, because different paper would also have to be used.
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cjstudent
Nov 19, 2004, 2:32 AM
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Ok? Thanks for sharing.
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benpullin
Nov 19, 2004, 2:33 AM
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If his books had color photos, you probably wouldn't like the price...
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curt
Nov 19, 2004, 2:35 AM
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They're not Playboy, try reading the text.
Curt
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waltereo
Nov 19, 2004, 3:11 AM
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that should be nice if some babes are in his pictures !
I think clear picture is important too, sometimes a picture can save a couple line of obscur explanation
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gunksgoer
Nov 19, 2004, 3:16 AM
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his books would be uber expensive if everything was in color
also, i ithnk for many climbing photos black and white just seems better, like in stone crusade.....
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climbsomething
Nov 19, 2004, 4:26 AM
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In reply to: that should be nice if some babes are in his pictures ! I think clear picture is important too, sometimes a picture can save a couple line of obscur explanation
But really. Full-color, high-quality paper for the inside pages would be expensive. And note that the photos are older, from the 80s or so...
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robdotcalm
Nov 19, 2004, 4:34 AM
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I don't wish to comment on whether the pictures should BW or in color, but, as a publisher, I can state that with modern technology (including printing presses) the difference between color and BW is not very large, say $0.50, in printing costs for a 250 page book, which means about a $2.00 to $2.50 difference in retail cost.
rob.calm
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fluxus
Nov 19, 2004, 5:54 AM
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In reply to: I don't wish to comment on whether the pictures should BW or in color, but, as a publisher, I can state that with modern technology (including printing presses) the difference between color and BW is not very large, say $0.50, in printing costs for a 250 page book, which means about a $2.00 to $2.50 difference in retail cost. rob.calm
I beg to differ since in most B&W climbing books the paper quality sucks and in order to print in color the paper quality needs to be much better if you want the photos to look like anything. In addition the 4 color printing process is more expensive by its nature.
When my publisher did the math on my current book it looked like the difference between color and B&W was going to be somewhere around $10 per copy when it goes to the retail shelf. This being the case we went with B&W on higher quality paper. which provides good quality photos and a lower price.
peace.
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