#CD-ROM Production
6 messages in this thread
Patrick,
The process of putting a book on CD is simple (provided you've got the rights
to do so). The bigger question is "Why?" Are you going to add anything to the
book by putting it on CD? Will there be text search? Will this open any new
market to you?
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
Jerry,
I have come up with an idea that I have spoken to people in the industry about
and they responded positively. I am working now to get the rights to the books
I intend to use. The actual process that I am looking at is this:
First, I need to digitize all of these books (primarily text, with a small
section of images). What is the process for doing this? Are there ways to
speed up the process of going page by page through these large references?
Second, after these books are digitized, I will tranfer them (by whatever
route?) to CD. This is the CD that I will be selling to my customers.
However, each sale will include a subscription to have regular updates of this
CD for a year.
The front end of the system will need to be a database/text retrieval system
that can search for keywords and provide all the included references (each
reference is a lengthy text file, some include numeric charts.)
Thanks,
Pat.
Patrick,
I think we can help you on both the scanning and the CD-ROM production. I
think we should move to E-Mail though because as we add detail it gets harder
to make this valuable to the general forum members. I'll post to you there.
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
What does CD Solutions does or what kind of services does it provide?
Antonio Tijerino
Antonia,
I'd better pick that one up in E-Mail so as not to offend CIS. I'll catch you
there.
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
Patrick, I have been following your thread re: book publishing and updates on
CD-ROM, so pardon my butting in. There are a number of issues and methods to
resolve and use in approaching a solution for you.
What requirements do you have re: user interfaces, equipment, SGML, data and
graphics linkages, etc?
Do you have digitizing, data preparation capabilities such as scanners,
software, raster/vector image converters and editors, search and retrieval
authoring tools, recording capabilities, etc?
The job to get a CD-ROM out the door is NOT overwhelming. It IS, however,
important to have those ubiquitous little ducks in a row (like radishes) to
maximize potential profit (defined as revenues minus expenses in getting the
product out the door) from a project like this. We do the data creation,
assembly, preparation and CD-ROM production on such things as Maintenance
Manuals and Illustrated Parts Catalogs for the airline industry, many thousands
of pages and illustrations each. It was incumbent upon us to line up those
ducks and make some money on the CD-ROM venture, or lose money. Not many of us
are Trust Fund Babies (TFB's) or Congressmen who can afford to lose or waste
money in business enterprises.
Drop me an email to arrange a further discussion of your project and the
associated issues.
Doug Welling <<JANAinc. Technical Communications>>