RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) The second book has just come back for proof reading, due for November publication. Here is a low res picture of the cover to whet your appetite. Edited August 23, 2018 by acg5324 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 24, 2018 I trust the captioning will be considerably more accurate when compared to - putting it very politely - the error strewn muddle that came in 'The Great Western Railway, Volume One, Paddington to Bristol' from the same publisher a while back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 24, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2018 I hope so too. They do a first edit then you get the book back to proof read and correct. They then proof read again prior to print. I sent back a dozen or so alterations about 50% were my initial typing errors like leaving the word ton out from 45 ton tank wagons, still made sense to them but was wrong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Richard_A Posted August 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 24, 2018 Does this Have a decent section about South Wales? Or is it the usual Paddington to Bristol/West County fare? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 24, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2018 You are only allowed around 180 pictures per book, plus cover shots. The locations are places I’ve visited when trainspotting, although they aren’t all my photos. 26 are South and West Wales, Newport, Cardiff, Tenby, Whitland, Carmarthen...... Nothing from the Valleys I rejected the ones I had as not good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Richard_A Posted August 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2018 I'm interested in the port Talbot to Swansea area, so might be worth a look for me then, thanks Regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 25, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2018 Nothing between Cardiff and Carmarthen I’m afraid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted August 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2018 Could be interesting. Is it all colour, or are there black and white images too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 27, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2018 About 90% in colour (slides) plus some B&W ( medium format negatives). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted October 12, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2018 https://www.amberley-books.com/community-andy-gibbs Other good bookshops are available.......... The Eastern Region volume has been sent in now, just setting out the London Midland one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Some excellent titles being released within this range. Unfortunately the dire picture quality and constant typos prevent me from purchasing after an initial 3 or 4. A real shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted October 17, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2018 Some excellent titles being released within this range. Unfortunately the dire picture quality and constant typos prevent me from purchasing after an initial 3 or 4. A real shame. I have to agree with you to some degree, typos can be reduced by someone else checking the work in addition to the author and the editor. The semi Matt paper doesn’t help the pictures but I was pleased with my SR book picture reproduction. I did scan every single image at 2400 dpi and then each one was edited and reduced to a minimum of 2000 pixels wide. Despite being checked multiple times I only spotted two errors, both mine, one was a picture out of sequence by one place and the other was part of a caption missing. What was there was correct and made sense but the actual train details were missing. For under £15 they aren’t bad. My ER volume is already available for pre order on Amazon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I have to agree with you to some degree, typos can be reduced by someone else checking the work in addition to the author and the editor. The semi Matt paper doesn’t help the pictures but I was pleased with my SR book picture reproduction. I did scan every single image at 2400 dpi and then each one was edited and reduced to a minimum of 2000 pixels wide. Despite being checked multiple times I only spotted two errors, both mine, one was a picture out of sequence by one place and the other was part of a caption missing. What was there was correct and made sense but the actual train details were missing. For under £15 they aren’t bad. My ER volume is already available for pre order on Amazon. Hi Andy. Congrats on the books. I also agree the Matt paper finish does nothing for image quality. It's just such a shame that such good content is not the best quality visually. Some alternative titles from the likes of Crowood Press and Booklaw are light years ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted November 11, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 11, 2018 Due out on the 15th of November. Hopefully I will get my copies before I head south to the Brighton MRC exhibition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted November 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2018 I will be looking out for this. Right in my area of interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2018 Looked through a copy yesterday out of interest (mainly because i was there work wise) and found some very good, accurate, captioning - well done Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I bought a copy of this book over Xmas and found it brought back lots of happy memories, the pictures are a good selection of everyday scenes from around the Region. Many of the locations in Bristol and the West Country and the Newport/Cardiff area I know well, but there are also views from locations in the London Division that I never visited. cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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