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On Jan 8, 9:46 am, "RG" wrote:
sorry about the long email address. you could link me at:

sawdust @

smallboats

com

Done.

Hey, those are just incredible. My whole family was summoned to take a
look, they were not dissappointed. Nice job.

Anyway, ever think of posting them on line? I know they are big, but I
have a couple of servers and plenty of bandwidth if you want to make
them available to folks easier. I also have a great web based software
package you could use to upload and make thumbnails, catergories,
indexed catalogues, password protected albums, etc.. Neat little
package, very straight forward...

Let me know if you want to play, it's free, my dime... although it
really does not cost me anything either

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I'm glad you enjoyed the book. I was beginning to wonder if you were able
to download the file since I hadn't heard back from you. I haven't heard
anything back from Eisboch either. I hope he got the file downloaded as
well. The eBook was a special project, designed to be very concise and
somewhat limited in scope. It was my first stab at such a project. I did
it for my own gratification as a hobby project and with the idea of
distributing the book via CD-ROM to friends, family and clients as a slick
little Christmas gift. In my estimation, it has succeeded nicely on those
counts. But I never really intended it for any sort of mass distribution or
commercial intent, although I've been told by more than a few that it is
worthy of such. As I've mentioned to a few via email, the hardest part of
the project was culling to 90 or so photos in the book down to a manageable
level that would be considerate of the reader's time and level of interest.
I shot somewhere in the vicinity of 4000-5000 photos during those two road
trips, and eventually culled those down to just under 1,000 "keepers". The
real chore was choosing just 10% of those for the book. Suffice it to say
that many images of the same quality as those in the book were left behind,
although that's hardly anything new when editing a photo book.

I appreciate your offer to make the eBook available on your website, but I
think I'll decline for now. I'm not sure I can explain just why, but for
now I'd like to retain a level of control over the distribution of the book.
Who knows what I may want to do with those images at a later date. A modest
career in photography once I retire is a possibility. So for now, I think
I'd just as soon make it available as a gift for those that I think would
appreciate it and simply ask for it.

I've been meaning to subscribe to an image hosting web site such as Smugmug
and put together a portfolio of my images, but I just haven't had the time.
It was all I could do to get the eBook done in time for Christmas card
mailing.

Again, thanks for your kind comments and offer of web hosting, and I hope
you continue to enjoy the book and share it with your family and friends.

Russ