[PRCo] Re: PRC book

[Derrick Brashear]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Dennis Fred
Cramer<trombone at windstream.net> wrote:
> The only viable way to do this book and recoup any money would be to do it
> as a PDF on DVD.  Then encrypt it somehow so it cannot be copied disc to
> disc.  If the owner wanted to print it, that written permission would be
> given in the bill of sale so places like Staples would not refuse if one
> wanted a better than average print job.

There's always someone like me who can copy it regardless, and while
I'm not, ...

> The PRH&TS has been republishing past issues of The Keystone for several
> years in this format and it certainly beats the high cost of printing for
> such a narrow sales window.

It does. I've talked with them about the risks of digital distribution
and offered some advice. Note that those CDs/DVDs do not have
protection against copying.

> Who is willing to help start gathering data, writing route descriptions, and
> all of the other minutiae some of you seem to want in a railfan book?
>
> I would be willing to head the organization and layout (I do have some
> experience in this) and then sell it for $100.00 each with the profit all
> going to the Publications/Archives department of PTM.


-- 
Derrick