You say: "..It would be somewhat less convenient that a printed book.." BUT, then those critical pages needed could be printed out by the consumers of this CD (us), placed into lab notebooks for reference.....much easier to handle than a bound book.....even easier than a spiral book....and saving paper in the end! Great idea!.....I concur wholeheartedly ! :-) Tricia > -----Original Message----- > From: James Weaver 301-594-5879 FAX 301-594-3037 > [SMTP:WEAVER@CDER.FDA.GOV] > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 4:24 PM > To: Cytometry Mailing List > Subject: Re: Practical Flow Cytometry - The Next Edition? > > > Howard & Group, > I would like to throw out an item for discussion. That is the > possiblity of publishing PFCv4 only on CD. Production costs are > generally cited as around $2/CD. You could charge $25/copy and probably > make more $/copy than you are getting from Wiley. This would also give > you much greater control over graphics & presentation and allow free use > of color graphics. If you migrated to an HTML based format a la Purdue > CDs, you could also include sound files (songs!) as well as original > cytometry data files. In this day and age it is nearly impossible to > find a PC/Mac that does not have a CD drive. It would be somewhat less > convenient that a printed book but could be made available to a wider > audience due to the significantly reduced price. > As for content, I would suggest adding an FAQ chapter, perhaps > in collaboration with Steve Kelley. Hope this helps. > > -Jim Weaver > > > ************************************************* > * * > * James L. Weaver Ph.D. * > * Division of Applied Pharmacology Research * > * Office of Testing & Research * > * CDER MOD-1, FDA * > * 8301 Muirkirk Rd, Laurel MD 20708 * > * * > * Phone: 301-594-5879 * > * Fax: 301-594-3037 * > * Email:WEAVER@CDER.FDA.GOV * > * * > ************************************************* >
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