tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post5119455936220045368..comments2024-03-28T03:13:09.436-05:00Comments on The Reluctant Blogger: A cover for the e-'Zephyr'HENRY KISORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-76708358409634188252011-12-29T14:57:52.677-06:002011-12-29T14:57:52.677-06:00The Zephyr book was the first of yours I read. Sti...The Zephyr book was the first of yours I read. Still have a copy somewhere. Got to ride the Zephyr in November 2004. Will be getting a Nook Simple Touch next month. And thanks for the BeB site. I'll browse it before I get my Nook!Netagenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062660684403274133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-48256272121440007352011-12-07T19:34:49.652-06:002011-12-07T19:34:49.652-06:00Wonderful picture...Wonderful picture...Sverigehttp://ctwenty4seven.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-22509285879191429652011-11-29T05:06:12.398-06:002011-11-29T05:06:12.398-06:00Thanks, Steve. That was a meaty meditation.Thanks, Steve. That was a meaty meditation.Henry Kisornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-38933043427295003102011-11-28T20:28:45.562-06:002011-11-28T20:28:45.562-06:00More on eBook covers from another author's per...More on eBook covers from another author's perspective:<br /><br />http://countingheads.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-book-cover.htmlSteve R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-61899773718654437442011-11-18T05:24:08.121-06:002011-11-18T05:24:08.121-06:00Jim Loomis, a rail forum acquaintance contributed ...Jim Loomis, a rail forum acquaintance contributed several shots of Colorado River rafters mooning the Zephyr. Yay! One of them includes a young woman flashing her attributes, but it's a little too fuzzy to use, I'm afraid.Henry Kisornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-64526565751865161662011-11-18T05:21:46.011-06:002011-11-18T05:21:46.011-06:00Steve R, thanks. You're right. The whole purpo...Steve R, thanks. You're right. The whole purpose of a color cover is for the web site page devoted to the book. The actual in-line cover of the e-book file is quite secondary. In fact, Kindle files open on page one of the text, not on the cover or preliminary matter.Henry Kisornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-68865861221829548792011-11-17T12:44:32.392-06:002011-11-17T12:44:32.392-06:00For marketing purposes, the potential reader is go...For marketing purposes, the potential reader is going to be attracted to the cover as they skim the titles and reviews at Amazon or wherever. Once the book is on the device, I think the text color on the cover art will be less important to the reader.<br /><br />Information about Steinberg's collection can be found at tennesseearchivists.org/Spring2006.pdf.Steve R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-60704147465393610922011-11-17T04:35:55.189-06:002011-11-17T04:35:55.189-06:00Steve R, I dimly remember the Steinberg story. Tha...Steve R, I dimly remember the Steinberg story. That was SO long ago.<br /><br />Made a discovery about that cover design. It won't work for black and white e-book readers. The red fades out and is almost unreadable. When all the text is white it's fine -- but the photo isn't very impressive in black and white.<br /><br />As more color Nooks (and now the Kindle Fire) are sold, however, full color art including reds should work. For now, though, I'll have to make the photo full color but the text white. That'll work with both monochrome and color e-book readers.Henry Kisornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-52874911572364809822011-11-16T22:21:03.962-06:002011-11-16T22:21:03.962-06:00Ambitious task scanning your book. Wondering if yo...Ambitious task scanning your book. Wondering if you ever heard of Rabbi David Steinberg, who worked on the trolley at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo back in the 70s and 80s? A tourist from, say, Chicago, would hop on and be amazed to learn how he could get back home on the rails, complete with train names and departure times from the station.Steve R. in Ontonagonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-38008907681257759782011-11-15T05:17:30.734-06:002011-11-15T05:17:30.734-06:00Workin' on it, Jim!Workin' on it, Jim!Henry Kisornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-44392432477597094402011-11-14T21:48:02.812-06:002011-11-14T21:48:02.812-06:00Couldn't you find one with someone in a raft m...Couldn't you find one with someone in a raft mooning the train?JIM LOOMIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13874556267583991876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-75392486356127586952011-11-11T09:42:47.892-06:002011-11-11T09:42:47.892-06:00Looks good!Looks good!Mike P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-40217849586673862052011-11-11T05:36:44.892-06:002011-11-11T05:36:44.892-06:00Delightful pic Henry!Delightful pic Henry!Stephen Wnoreply@blogger.com