[FM Discuss] More "iconic" book cover image for MYOSA

[James Simmons]

Anne,

I tried to use OBJAVI to get a PDF for "Make Your Own Sugar
Activities!" and got the same results you did.  Strangely enough,
OBJAVI works just fine for "Reading And Leading With Sugar", so it
seems to be a problem with that specific book.

James Simmons


On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Anne Gentle
<annegentle at justwriteclick.com> wrote:
>  Hi James -
>
> I'm stalled a bit - I need a good interior PDF to upload to Lulu and right
> now Objavi won't give me one. If you can keep an eye on the list this week
> to look for a good fix and send me a PDF of the interior pages I can pick up
> the rest of the process to get the book up for sale. I'll be unavailable
> much of this week but will check back in next week.
>
> Thanks,
> Anne
>
>
>
> Anne Gentle
> annegentle at justwriteclick.com
> my blog | my book | LinkedIn | Delicious | Twitter
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:35 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Anne,
>>
>> You are correct, Sugar .82 doesn't color the icons as I had suggested.
>>  I forgot you were using .82 on an XO.  The icon would be colored
>> using the same colors as the XO icon has.  You could try faking it, or
>> just leave well enough alone.
>>
>> The license for the book is the default GPL, version 2, as shown in
>> the credits.  I can't think of a reason to prefer any other license,
>> and I don't think I was ever offered a choice.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> James Simmons
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Anne Gentle
>> <annegentle at justwriteclick.com> wrote:
>> > Responses below...
>> > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:35 AM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Anne,
>> >>
>> >> I like the centered version.  One more thought: it might be good to
>> >> get a bit more color into the image.  If you create a Journal entry
>> >> with one of the Activities (probably Read Etexts) that icon will show
>> >> up in color in the Activity ring.  One colored icon would do it.
>> >>
>> >
>> > All three were launched when I took this picture... perhaps it is newer
>> > versions of Sugar that color the image? I think I've seen that feature
>> > on
>> > .84 and higher. I think the simplicity is nice for now.
>> >
>> > Oh, one more question. What is the licensing for the book? The images on
>> > the
>> > back cover need to reflect that.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the prompt responses!
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Other than that it's fine.
>> >>
>> >> The examples where the words run into the image don't work for me.
>> >>
>> >> I can't think of anything else to improve the cover (other than a big
>> >> red circle saying Oprah Book Club Selection).
>> >>
>> >
>> > Hee. :)
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for doing this!
>> >>
>> >
>> > I love it when I get time to dabble in the graphic arts. Ha.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> James Simmons
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Anne Gentle
>> >> <annegentle at justwriteclick.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hi James - Responses below and some additional attachments.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:34 AM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Anne,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Just a few comments:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 1).  The other FLOSS Manuals have the title at the top, the image
>> >> >> below.  What you have isn't bad but it might be better to make the
>> >> >> cover look more like the other covers.
>> >> >
>> >> > While it's not a strict rule (title top image below), I do want the
>> >> > cover to
>> >> > match the others. I've attached another pair of possibilities.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2).  The icon for Write seems to be chopped off a bit on the right
>> >> >> side.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Sorry, that's what happened when I cropped the front cover, the PDF
>> >> > is
>> >> > the
>> >> > better indicator of final cropping - I'll send you one with the
>> >> > Guidelines
>> >> > on it as well.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 3).  I always put an exclamation point at the end of "Make Your Own
>> >> >> Sugar Activities!"
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Done.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 4).  It might look better to have the image centered horizontally on
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> cover.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > I'll see what I can do. Let me know what you think of these two
>> >> > attached.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Also, my Activities all do work on Sugar .82.
>> >> >>
>> >> > Yep, they sure do. :)
>> >> >
>> >> > Anne
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
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