New Winnipesaukee history book

[carguy]

The photos in the book are underexposed and and printed on a poor quality of paper. If the publisher had used a higher quality glossy paper the results would have been better (at a higher price to the consumer). I am sorry that I purchased my copy from amazon.com.

Carguy

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[Waco1148]

I'm sorry that you were disappointed in the book, although you are the first that I have heard that from.

As far as the quality of the images, most are copied from 80-year-old small black and white snapshots, so there is a limit to the print quality that can be achieved. I think I was lucky to find as much as I did to help to preserve this aspect of Winnipesaukee and aviation history. I would love to have put out a glossy coffee-table book with full page images, but I'm just a local author with a story to tell, not National Geographic. To produce a book of that type would have been cost prohibitive, and I'm sure more people will enjoy learning about this story for $19.95 than would pay coffee-table book prices.

I looked back to my contact with the publisher, and the book is printed on 60 lb. house white paper, which is typical for the publishing industry. It is bright white and opaque enough for the pictures not to show through from the opposite side of the page. For comparison, typical copy paper is 20 lbs. Hope this clarifies carguy's issues with the book for any other potential readers. I'd be glad to hear what any other readers or purchasers of the book have to say, positive or negative.

The Author

[NoBozo]

Originally Posted by Waco1148

I'm sorry that you were disappointed in the book, although you are the first that I have heard that from.

As far as the quality of the images, most are copied from 80-year-old small black and white snapshots, so there is a limit to the print quality that can be achieved. I think I was lucky to find as much as I did to help to preserve this aspect of Winnipesaukee and aviation history. I would love to have put out a glossy coffee-table book with full page images, but I'm just a local author with a story to tell, not National Geographic. To produce a book of that type would have been cost prohibitive, and I'm sure more people will enjoy learning about this story for $19.95 than would pay coffee-table book prices.

I looked back to my contact with the publisher, and the book is printed on 60 lb. house white paper, which is typical for the publishing industry. It is bright white and opaque enough for the pictures not to show through from the opposite side of the page. For comparison, typical copy paper is 20 lbs. Hope this clarifies carguy's issues with the book for any other potential readers. I'd be glad to hear what any other readers or purchasers of the book have to say, positive or negative.

The Author

I found the book in the bookstore in Wolfeboro last week. Just finished.. and found it quite interesting. I'm particularly interested in aviation history..and anything else Old... with an engine in it.

I particularly found the Sikorsky S-38 amphibian of interest as I believe I have seen one in an aviation museum in Canada back in the late eighties. This particular plane had a Palm Tree emblazoned on the nose and had been used as a commuter somewhere in the tropics. The museum would allow visitors to board the plane and be seated while listening to a short audio describing a typical "island" flight back in the day. NB

[NoBozo]

Here is a video of the last "flying" S-38B....Albeit a Replica. Picture Bob Fogg's S-38B at the Weirs... including.. the boats. NB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ERfeD-jCM

EDIT: Turn up the sound.