[HANASHIR:11717] Re: complete shireinu - binding hints

[ehavanashira.org <adrian...>]

Eric:

Thanks for taking the time to respond on this matter. It shows that Transcon
is listening!

Might I suggest considering the option of also selling the pages un-bound,
pre-looseleaf punched and then shrink-wrapped so people could just put them
in a binder? Many computer and software manufacturers do their manuals this
way (or at least used to when people actually got paper manuals back in
ancient days just a few years back before manual on CD-Rom became the norm.)

Adrian


Adrian A. Durlester, M.T.S.  - adrian (at) durlester(dot)com
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> Subject: [HANASHIR:11715] Re: complete shireinu - binding hints
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>
> Dear Chevrei,
>
> As Project Manager/Typesetter on the Complete Shireinu, I felt I should
> answer the glob of emails recently posted about the binding of CS. This is
> my personal statement, and shouldn't be construed in any way to reflect on
> Transcon.
>
> When doing their market research, Transcon made it a distinct point to ask
> the HN group what features the book MUST have. The most common
> was that the
> book must stay open on a music stand or podium. Since the book
> was so huge,
> the only option that was both marketable to all audiences and practical at
> the same time, was the double wire binding it has now (incidentally, they
> printed it in Israel). Transcon sells not only to the Jews, but also to
> secular audiences, schools and Christian markets, and the
> three-ring binder
> format is NOT marketable.
>
> Hope that explains some of why this has been happening. You'll be happy to
> know that plans are in the works to issue a new edition which is "lay-flat
> bound", in other words, bound just like any of your other paperback books
> but glued in a certain way that stays open a bit more.
>
> We're glad that you as the prime users of CS are pleased with its inner
> contents, which of course is the most important thing. Your
> voices have been
> heard, so, please, let's now keep the ca-ca to ourselves.
>
> B'shalom uv'shirah,
> - Eric
>
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