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I like some type of ring or wire binding that allows pages to lay flat (two
pages) or (wire only) flipped around to lay flat and see one page. The
reason - When learning new software, a softcover book requires me to read a
passage, then turn the book down on my desk or computer, then complete a
step or two, then open the book again, etc., etc., etc. A wire-bound
allows me to read and look, as needed.
The disadvantage - marketing. It doesn't sit pretty on a shelf (if it's a
after-initial-purchase book). If you package the book inside, the standard
pretty box with book and CD inside, I say go wire-bound. If you are trying
to reach the Barnes & Noble computer book section crowd, choose softcover.
Even though, I would like the wire-bound book, it's not sexy. Only my
viewpoint, not that of MDM.
David Harrity
Technical Writer
MDM Service Corp.
taoman -at- zoomnet -dot- net
On Friday, July 18, 1997 9:27 AM, Skip Mendler
[SMTP:wmendler -at- cornetltd -dot- com] wrote:
> Hi -- any thoughts on the relative merits of various bindings for
> software manuals? We've usually just used 3-ring binders, and generally
> clients have handled duplication and distribution, but recently a client
> has asked us to handle the printing and for "something more
> professional..." What are your favorites/least favorites?
>
> //skip
>
> WS (Skip) Mendler, Documentation and Information Specialist
> CorNet International, Ltd., Stroudsburg PA
>
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