Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Raptors of the Northeast


Sent to the printer... Raptors of the Northeast, by Thomas Bosakowski and Dwight G. Smith. 200 pages, with full color images.

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Monday, August 03, 2009

Tourmalines


Sent to the printer: The Tourmaline / The History of Mount Mica of Maine, U.S.A. Two book reprint collection (short books, comes out to about 194 pages at 5.5 x 8.5) with full color drawings of variously colored tourmalines. Color books always take a bit longer to put out, as LSI requires I get a proof copy before approving. Should be available mid-August.

On a related note, I'm trying to cut down on green cover books (as that color is supposed to be poor for sales, go figure), but I went with the mint green with pink circle, as a nod towards "watermelon" tourmaline, a very interesting mineral.

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Eight-Legged Marvels


Sent to printer (finally): Eight-Legged Marvels: Beauty and Design in the World of Spiders

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Bog-Trotting for Orchids


Sent to the printer...

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Pearly Mussels Sent to Print

I've sent Al Spoo's The Pearly Mussels of Pennsylvania to the printer. Full-color plates of 66 freshwater species, extant and extirpated, from the Keystone state. At about 210 pages, 8.5 x 11, it will retail for $59.95. (And, believe it or not, that's about average for shell books...) A 40% discount will be made available to booksellers who order direct from Coachwhip Publications.

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Monday, January 15, 2007

Philip Henry Gosse

One of my favorite classic natural history writers is Philip Henry Gosse. He wrote several books in the mid- to late 1800s, including a few titles in which he discusses mystery animals (sea serpents and the like). He was the first naturalist to create (and write about) the salt-water aquarium, and had a particular interest in marine life.
I've spent the day scanning the text and color plates for Gosse's A Year at the Shore. I'll put it in line to reprint in a few months, if I have time. Lots of other books I need to keep working on, but I would like to start reprinting a few more of his books. I did have an ebook for his text, The Romance of Natural History (American version), which was fairly popular as a free download.

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