Discussion

By Vincent Nicholes on Oct 15, 2021

When I was in High School (graduated 1972) The 3 year vocational printing course I took used the Navy printing manual. By the way this 3 year course lead to a great rewarding career in printing.

By Richard Wright on Oct 15, 2021

Frank, Great topic.
My personal fav is a treasured Frank Romano autographed Pocket Pal.

You and I may agree on how we would value / price printed vs E-Books. The publishers, however, value the content, not the presentation medium. And here lies the fallacy of well intentioned educators who are trying to justify e-readers over printed textbooks. Printed books can last several years in excellent condition and many more before they are no longer usable. Dare I say longer than the typical electronic device.

Keep up the good work,
Richard Wright

By HARVEY LEVENSON on Oct 15, 2021

Excellent video, and I concur with Frank’s observation about student preference for printed textbooks to online or e-books. I’ve been following this preference for years; it’s been consistent. Students, recognize that of all media, print is the most pervasive, meaningful, detailed, and informative. However, I recognize the appeal that online and video has, and also the typically inhibiting cost of printed textbooks. Hence, John Parsons, former Editorial Director of The Seybold Report, and I coauthored a textbook about printing that provides the benefits of print and interactive electronic communication, and intentionally priced low. This PRINTED book is the first driven by Ricoh’s Clickable Paper app (www.igcbook.com), and has so far been adopted by 25 schools from high schools to colleges. Some students learn best by reading, some by videos, some by listening, and some by a combination. This book uses each teaching approach. Frank Romano’s observations are correct. I suggest that, perhaps, the next trend in preserving printed textbooks is making them interactive.

By Richard Wright on Oct 15, 2021

Harvey, I can attest the book from you and John is excellent. It's so good, it was 'borrowed' form a colleague and since past around. It's not gathering dust on a shelf.

By David Avery on Nov 02, 2021

As I clean up from my cellar being inundated with water I mourn the loss of books and prints. I did not lose any of my Audible reads...

But people are impressed by the bookshelves of real books (most of them read at least once) that becomes my zoom background.

When I was teaching at RIT I put copies of the texts on short term loan / reserve in the library. If a student didn't / couldn't get their own copy they still had access.