Archive for September, 2008

How much are these worth? Should I sell them in my yard sale?

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Amber G asked: Hi I an haveing a yard sale in a couple days and i recently came across some really old books i was just wondering if they are worth holding on to or if i should just get rid of them. there are 5 books total. i will list all of them and [...]

What to do with my parents’ old photographs?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

calliope320 asked: I have 587 of my parents’ old pictures scanned. I did the albums that had pocket style pages, and I’ve been debating how to do the ones in the sticky page albums.
I have two options:
1. I photograph them through their plastic.
Pros: Less work, fewer fingerprints, no risk of damage from the removal itself.
Cons: [...]

Have you ever decided to read, or not read, a book because of the way the font/layout looked?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

T M asked: When I choose a book I consider several factors: author, style of prose, plot AND font/layout and page color.
I’m only talking about books that you already know that you want to read. For example, I was ready to start reading a new book so I grabbed “Beloved” by Toni Morrison off of [...]

having problems with paintbrush on computer?

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

mermaid7810 asked: okay so i scanned a page from a coloring book and i want to color it it using “Paintbrush” the lines of the area i need to color in are all connected i checked. when i use the “fill with color” button all it does is put one dot of color in that [...]

Does a coloring book (like this) make a good stocking stuffer for politicains?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

clophad asked: Here is the link to a 20 page jewel
http://hopeschool.bptct.us/cb092603.pdf
Thomas Nast is the illustrator who gave us the character of Uncle Sam, the Donkey and Elephant for the parties; he is also the one who gave us the Santa Claus version of St. Nicholas. The link here is to an Aesop Fable version of [...]

How much does it cost to print ,say.a 50 page full color photography book if you are self publishing?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

ponyboycrh asked: maybe 12 X 15, I did print a test run, of the ones through Kadak gallery.com. It cost 80.00 with printing on both sides of the page and a black background. Their printing quality was not as nice as a photography book you would buy from a book store. I am [...]