Friday, 19 August 2011
Monday, 8 August 2011
Print on Demand
Most of my books have been published using Lulu.
Looking at the AbeBooks website, I see that one of the search options is now "Not Print on Demand". The world of publishing is changing rapidly. As a reader, I suppose I should support the option of filtering out of the search results "print on demand" books. You could say that books that are "professionally" published have been through a sort of audition and the reader can be more certain of a degree of quality in content and production. But if electronic publishing really takes off, it may be that "professional" publishersof the printed book will face such a small demand for printed books that they to will print on demand.
Something else I must explore - I have read in the past of machines that print books of your choice whilst you wait. But do they exist?
Looking at the AbeBooks website, I see that one of the search options is now "Not Print on Demand". The world of publishing is changing rapidly. As a reader, I suppose I should support the option of filtering out of the search results "print on demand" books. You could say that books that are "professionally" published have been through a sort of audition and the reader can be more certain of a degree of quality in content and production. But if electronic publishing really takes off, it may be that "professional" publishersof the printed book will face such a small demand for printed books that they to will print on demand.
Something else I must explore - I have read in the past of machines that print books of your choice whilst you wait. But do they exist?
Charles Dickens
Dickens Journals Online
David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page
There is another Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens's son. Charles Dickens junior (Charles Culliford Boz Dickens (1837-1896)). Wikpedia - Charles Dickens, Jr. Dickens's Dictionary of London and Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames are old favourites of mine.
Dickens Journals Online
An interesting article in the Observer on 7 August 2011 drew my attention to this project to transcribe Dickens' journal All the Year Round.
Charles Dickens bicentenary: Call for online editors to save forgotten journal
The Dickens Journals Online website is currently offline after an electrical storm.
The Dickens Journals Online Facebook page
As the title of the Observer article suggests, the project (run by the University of Buckingham) is looking for transcribers.
Charles Dickens bicentenary: Call for online editors to save forgotten journal
The Dickens Journals Online website is currently offline after an electrical storm.
The Dickens Journals Online Facebook page
As the title of the Observer article suggests, the project (run by the University of Buckingham) is looking for transcribers.
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