[HacktionLab] Printable book

[Mike Harris]

On 30/10/2010 13:30, Mara wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> nice one on getting this together! Just found the time to take the first
> look in ages. I noticed there's a mix of greyscale and colour images. Is
> the plan to print it on colour? If not, it would be good to make the
> colour images greyscale and optimise them, so they don't turn out badly.

Good point.  I think that the plan was to print greyscale, perhaps with
a one colour and black cover.  Cheaper that way.


> Same goes for the links, currently they're blue and underlined, which
> might not turn out well if it's printed without colours. Other links
> have no emphasis at all. Maybe a different font for emphasis would work
> better, and consistency would be really helpful.

Yes.  It would be better to not have underlined links at all, just in
normal text, or perhaps in Courier?

> 
> Don't mean to be a downer and or delay printing any longer. So if
> someone wants to point me towards the latest version in editable format,
> I'll see if I can make these changes happen until next week. If people
> think it's a good idea to do so.

Nice one.

> 
> Cheers,
> Mara
> 
> 
> 
> On 30/10/2010 12:13, penguin wrote:
>> Hey
>>
>> The booklet is looking really good.
>>
>> I really strongly recommend you don't make the text smaller. IMO, people
>> are a lot more likely to use something that they can read easily -
>> especially when they are not familiar with the subject (as in this case).
>>
>> Printing wise, I'll be seeing the person from Green Print in the next
>> few days - I'll check quotes and timescales with him and let people know.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30/10/10 11:47, Mike Harris wrote:
>>
>>>> https://we.riseup.net/imc-london/tech-tools-for-activists+65864
>>
>>> Thanks.  And thanks again for getting that together.
>>
>>>>
>>>> I think it should be put somewhere more hacktionlab created, as that was
>>>> just a copy i put there as part of the literature we were preparing for
>>>> the bookfair.
>>
>>> Yes.  We agreed ages ago to ditch using Crabgrass.  The Wiki is a much
>>> better place imho and there's lots of content there.  So I've uploaded
>>> the book there:
>>
>>> http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/File:Hacktionlab_tech_tools_for_activists_2010-10-10.pdf
>>
>>>>
>>>> Which never happened actually, after all that talk about how much
>>>> cheaper it could be done in other places!
>>
>>> Yes, I think there was an issue with the guy at Oxford Green Print,
>>> although it was short notice.
>>
>>> Ana, please look at the facts here:
>>
>>> * We'd already got quotes for printing six months ago and documented
>>> this on the list and wiki.
>>
>>> * The quote you got was a factor of five times more expensive!
>>
>>> * We DON'T have the funds to pay for the printing of the book at the
>>> cost detailed in the quote you received.
>>
>>> I'm chasing OGP and also just contacted Bristol Radical History about
>>> printing it, as they seem up for it.
>>
>>> If you can get a similar quote for printing in your neck of the woods,
>>> then I say go for it, but at the prices you were quoted, we just can't
>>> afford it; unless of course you're up for self-funding your end and
>>> recouperating the costs yourself.
>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyway all versions so far are there. Some also say it can be done
>>>> smaller therefore cheaper just by making the typeface smaller
>>
>>> It is about the number of pages we agreed.  It could be printed A5, but
>>> as small as A6 I guess.
>>
>>>>
>>>> ana
>>>>
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