New version now online, comments on Color

As I mentioned in the last post, I've been working on a number of revisions. I updated the print and PDF copies this morning, so please take a look!

I'm very happy with the incorporation of the little Hour Hymns into the psalter: I've found this helps a lot with usability.

In addition to the changes I mentioned in the earlier post, I also went through and found all the page reference "Error:" messages. For those who purchased copies with this error, my humblest apologies! (Thank you to the kind soul who told me about this error)

Here is a short synopsis of what I'll be working on next:

• I'll be making what should be minor revisions to the "Pars Specialis" of the Ordinary.
• Some parts of the Proper of Saints that need some reformatting.
  
• The entire Proper of Seasons needs a lot of reformatting!
  

I would also like to address a comment made by the same "kind soul" as above: I would very much like to be able to print this work in color, but the costs on Lulu are simply too high. I checked, and a color copy would be about $150.

The reason for this is found in the way "publish-on-demand" services function. Lulu uses large "digital presses," which are basically huge laser printers. Because of this, there are only two options: black and white, and full color.

A traditional printing would allow for both black and red text, and a very reasonable price. But the down side to traditional printing is that there is a lot of cost associated with setting up the press, meaning you can't reasonably print one or two copies at a time.

I've looked into a print run from a shop in Michigan, and this is an option I'm hoping to pursue in the future. This shop prints a lot of Bibles and such, so they are very familiar with how to print leatherbound editions on the very nice thin paper traditionally used in Breviaries and Bibles. They can also attach the page marker ribbons, which are so helpful in a Breviary.

Before this is an option, I have to have all of the revisions and formatting issues resolved. I'll probably revisit the topic at some point in the future.