Apologetics Board Book?

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

We could use [url="http://www.lulu.com"]http://www.lulu.com[/url] and create a book full of member's tracts to raise money for phatmass. Just an idea.

[p0lar_bear]

We could, but it would probably end up very amateurish. If we want to publish, it would be better to use an actual publisher because they would take care of editing, endorsements, imprimature, legalities, lay-out (not as easy as it sounds), and advertizing. Never underestimate the importance of a good publisher.

It would be best if people started publishing the tracts as articles in apologetics magazines. It would be easier to find a publisher who would take it then. (The tracts would also be a lot more polished.)

I'm not trying to knock your idea, I just think that if we have something worth publishing, we should do it right.

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

Getting a publisher for a book would be expensive. The magazine might work.

[p0lar_bear]

[quote name='thedude' date='Aug 30 2005, 05:58 PM']Getting a publisher for a book would be expensive.  The magazine might work.
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Umm...publishing shouldn't be expensive. They are buying your book...they pay you for it.

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

Do you think there is a large enough market to justify it? Is it worth the amount of work?

Edited August 30, 2005 by thedude

[p0lar_bear]

As our tracts stand now, no.

Many of them may work as articles, but since most magazines have access to better authors on a lot of the topics, they may not be interested.

For a book the tracts vary too much in quality, style, and reading level to work together.

If you want to do a strictly phatmass production, we could see if any phatmassers have the time and ability to do some layout for individual tracts. Someone (or a committee) could choose several tracts to be printed. Those tracts could be polished and edited by going through several people. Then the lay-out/graphics designer person could put them in a nice format. We could set it up that you could print it off-line for a donation.

[rabidgopher04]

[quote name='p0lar_bear' date='Aug 30 2005, 05:12 PM']As our tracts stand now, no.

Many of them may work as articles, but since most magazines have access to better authors on a lot of the topics, they may not be interested.

For a book the tracts vary too much in quality, style, and reading level to work together.

If you want to do a strictly phatmass production, we could see if any phatmassers have the time and ability to do some layout for individual tracts. Someone (or a committee) could choose several tracts to be printed. Those tracts could be polished and edited by going through several people. Then the lay-out/graphics designer person could put them in a nice format. We could set it up that you could print it off-line for a donation.
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I was actually in the process of setting up a website much like the one that you are describing here, I just didn't have much in the way of help and I got busy with other things.

[phatcatholic]

maybe dUSt has some valuable input on this. u should holla at him "dude"