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Martino Special user Manchester, UK 928 Posts |
Steve,
I agree with your point on using video for SACT's. What's the point? On the other hand, when you're dealing with sleight of hand material then let me paraphrase Michael Close from his introduction to "Closely Guarded Secret" (highly recommended ebook btw). Text provides the detail. Photographs clarify the text. Video shows the timing. If you haven't seen any of Mike ebooks, I heartily recommend you invest in maybe Closely Guarded Secrets and one of the ebooks from his short series on "The Work". You will see first hand what can really be done with the medium. I think Mike and Lisa Close are at the forefront of ebook technology and many publishers could learn from them. As far as ebooks vs real books goes - I think most people would rather read from an actual book than off a computer screen. However, if the ebook looks great when printed out............why not have the advantages of both?
"There's a difference between not knowing how something is done and knowing it can't be done!" - Simon Aronson
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Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
Martino,
Mike and Lisa are good friends and I agree that they are on the forefront. (I'm thinking Lisa is the one responsible for their success.) I also saw a Card College CD that had the text along with video clips. It made perfect sense and is far better than a PDF without the video. I think you are saying something consistent with my point from above, "When the technology is perfected and flexible, and if I'm still around, I may give it a go for my sleight of hand projects. Whatever I do, it wouldn't replace the books but it might supplement them." Now, it's just a question of where I put my time. I don't do this full time and don't have a lot of free time to give. I can move on to other ventures or figure out more ways to re-issue older ventures. I would like to put out The Trapdoor in hardbound. That is the starting place for me. I have to get past the issues that come with that first. Any other format options will come later and will be dependent upon the technology, the time I have available, and the perceived demand. Heck, at that point, I may produce a holographic PDF complete with the plastic spectators currently so popular on magic DVDs. I can't disagree with your point of view - but I don't think it is in conflict with my point of view. Best, Steve |
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David Bond Regular user Maple Valley, WA 107 Posts |
I have the workers series and Closely Guarded Secrets on CD. I printed both and spiral bound them (Workers in two volumes). The big advantage to pdf (or any electronic format) is the ability to search. Yea, the video is nice and can be helpful, but I find myself searching more than looking at the video. I find out what page I need to look at and then get out the printed volume.
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Steve Beam V.I.P. 169 Posts |
David,
I buy magazines on CD even when I have complete files in loose issues and often in bound editions, just to have them searchable because with a thousand plus pages, it may be hard to find what I'm looking for. But I think magic authors ("real" books and otherwise) do a great disservice when they don't include a thorough index in the back of a book which also makes them searchable. All of the hardbacks I have written have indexes, the last several having full 4-page, single-spaced indexes. It is yet another advantage magic books could have over DVDs if authors took a little extra time. Steve |
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Martino Special user Manchester, UK 928 Posts |
Steve,
We'll have to agree to agree on that one then! Martino.
"There's a difference between not knowing how something is done and knowing it can't be done!" - Simon Aronson
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