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Taking the Measure of Handspun Yarn (eBook)
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Price: $14.95
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EP1917
23 Pages
The primary joy of spinning for many of us is in the act itself. But there is also great pleasure and satisfaction in taking the yarns we create to their conclusion in well-designed, well-made fabrics. More often than not, this means understanding the properties of our yarns – their twist, their grist, their yards per pound – and how these relate to the finished objects we have in mind. In this important collection of articles from out-of-print issues of Spin-Off, Rita Buchanan provides the methods, tools, and rationale we need to understand our yarns in the way any fine craftsman seeks to understand his or her materials. They bring together the hand and mind in ways that can only help us be better spinners.
Quite simply, the price for Interweave Press ebooks is too high for an ebook, especially for anything fiber. Spinning is, for goodness sake, a tactile activity...so most of us are very tactile. Sorry, but if I don''t get to feel the book and paper, cuddle up in a chair with book, etc... I don''t want to pay regular book prices! Plus...how often is a small book (23 pages?) even worth $14.95!
P.S. When is Spin-Off going to get the respect of Knitting or Handwoven and be published every 2 months! Again...I can''t touch or cuddle up with a computer like I can with an actual paper magazine or book!
Taking the Measure of Handspun Yarn (eBook
I am a weaver whose guild had Rita do a program--she is fantastic and so I clicked on this to learn more. I have to agree that the price, when coupled with the cost of printing and binding, turned me off--I will just go look these articles up in the library. I assigned a low rating in hopes people will read the rest of my review--I''m sure the content is top notch, but you may be losing sales because of the price.
You''re not giving it a chance!
It''s really a shame to be this greedy. This may be an amazing (e)book but most people will never know because interweave expects consumers to be ripped off to find out. There is no way in the world a book that you have to print out (and bind if you choose) is worth $15. It''s 23 pages for crying out loud. eBooks will never make it in the market if sellers/distributors think people are going to pay what a bound book cost in a brick and mortar store.
I''m a beginning spinner and have just started what I guess you''d consider the next "level" and want measure, weigh and learn about my yarn - go beyond just spinning it and I was thrilled to get this promo in my email - but $14.95 is a bit too high for me for an ebook - more because of the printing - our printer runs out of ink easily and I just can''t justify printing that many pages for $14.95....wish I could, but there does appear to be a tipping point for ebooks - great and valuable content or not....
Intrigued, but agree with cost assessment reviews
I was tempted to pull out my credit card and order this, but after reading the reviews, I have to agree. The cost is way too high for an eBook, particularly if one compares this to 300-400 page novels or non-fiction books that are available for download at less than $10 each. I love Spin-Off Magazine, but would definitely recommend that the marketing/product pricing dept do an analysis of the ''going rate'' for e-book materials.