Keywords: websites, commercial, photography, cameras, computers, scanners, monitors
DESIGNING WEB SITES THAT SELL. Written by designers, for designers, this book guides you through the process of creating a successful commercial website, where good design is more than just a pretty face. It's the very tangible element that persuades people to act - to look, to buy, and to come back for more. ($40.00; ISBN: 0-201-79304-0) Contact: Peachpit Press, 1249 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710. Phone: 1 800 283-9444. Fax: 1 510 524-2221. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1883404901 .
THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER'S POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA: 3000 TERMS EXPLAINED, by Peter Cope. This essential reference guide cuts through the "techno-babble" with a no-nonsense approach and plenty of full-color illustrations and diagrams. Every aspect of digital photography is covered, hardware as well as software, including cameras, computers, monitors, scanners, file management, image manipulation, printing, presentation, and the Web. ($24.95; ISBN: 1-883403-90-1) Contact: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 212 532-7160. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1883403901 .
ELECTRONIC ART PERMANENCE. Does electronic fine art face technological extinction, and can something be done about it? Time has a way of deteriorating anything, and that includes computer graphics and electronic works of art. For one thing, because viewing monitors that display the art evolve, the changes can change the art's appearance. Updates to software and operating systems and platforms raise the spector of obsolescence for computer art of today. And there's always the magnetic blizzards, with causes ranging from thunderstorms to extraterrestrial mysteries to mouse malfunction, that cause file disappearance. A paper prepared at UCLA tackles this question of permanence for electronic fine art. Computer artists will find it at: >http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard/Papers/elect-art-longevity.html" <. - Bob Hollowell
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DIGITAL IMAGING, for Photographers and Other Creative Types, by Rob Sheppard. Beginning with equipment, the reader will learn what to look for in a computer, a digital camera, scanner and accessories. Information on Zip drives, memory card readers, CD burners and hard drives is given, along with recommendations for optimal sizes and speed for imaging. ($29.95; ISBN: 1-58428-078-6) Contact: Amherst Media, 155 Rano St, Ste 300, Buffalo NY 14207. Phone: 1 800 622-3278. Fax: 1 800 622-3298. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1584280786 .
GREAT BARRIER REEF, by David Doubilet, is a breathtaking journey through the coral labyrinth that stretches more than 1,250 miles along the east coast of Australia. This coffee-table book is Doubilet's personal documentary of a place he calls an Eden, miles of coral dreams where "on every dive there is something new and perfectly wonderful." Doubilet is a Contributing Photographer-in-Residence for the National Geographic Society. ($40.00; ISBN: 0-7922-6475-4) Contact: National Geographic Books, 1145 17th St, N.W., Washington DC 20036-4688. http://www.photsourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0792264754 .
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