From - Mon Aug 26 11:13:52 1996 Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [206.241.12.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id IAA16197 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 1996 08:55:58 -0400 Message-Id: <199608181255.IAA16197@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (206.241.12.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <8.06F177F8@VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM>; Sun, 18 Aug 1996 7:26:25 -0500 Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 05:47:52 -0400 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list X-UIDL: 841071834.061 From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: inputs sought on publiocation of Lojban reference gramm To: G.R.A.Dunbar@EEE.RGU.AC.UK Cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Status: U X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1252 >If the book was to be published with an ISBN then (UK) bookstores (and >libraries) would be willing to order it on request. It will be. >>From the point of view of someone living outwith the US I think it is >immaterial whether the price is $30 or $40. 600 pages, even printed >on thin "bible" type paper is going to cost a fortune to ship. I have to admit that I have not looked into international shipment of books, but we have been paying about US$5 per pound with approximately 1-2 weeks delivery to the UK and other developed countries. >Is the binding true (stitched) casebound hardback or perfect (edge >glued) binding in hard covers? I would much rather see sprial or comb >binding than perfect binding, particularly with a fat reference book >which is opened repeatedly at the same pages. Paperback manuals eject >their pages after a short while. We are ooking at thios issue. Suffice it to say that we will choose a binding of sufficient quality to make the book a worthwhile investment. There are perfect bindings that are better quality than others if we go that route, and there is some considerable desire for a stictched hardbound so we may go that route. there are also hybrid bindings. lojbab