I feel that some explanation for the cover of my book is necessary. It was my initial intention to publish 50 copies of my book with something called "perfect-binding" - basically, the same kind of heavy-card wrap-around cover seen on paperback books everywhere. The book printer supplied a perfect-bound proof for approval...and pages fell out of the binding on the first viewing. There are, it seems, still some limitations in digital publishing (this book was produced by a $2,000,000 I-Gen digital press, as opposed to a traditional offset press usually used to publish books), but even in traditional publishing there are, I'm told, some challenges in getting 300 glossy-coated sheets to properly adhere in a paperback binding.

I certainly didn't want these expensive books falling apart, and so I inquired about alternatives. One was a hardcover binding that, for some mysterious reason, is able to grab onto the edge of the paper a little better. I hoped to be able to publish a few copies with this option, but the unit cost to produce them was prohibitively expensive. The only other option is what you see in the photograph to the left: soft-cover coil-binding. Now, I have to concede that coil-binding is not as attractive as the standard paperback binding I had originally planned for, but it does have some advantages and I am now, unfortunately, obliged to point them out:

- It will lie perfectly flat on a table, useful for hands-free viewing.
- These pages will definitely NOT fall out...
- Unless you want to easily and cleanly remove a single page for display.

So I guess I am asking you not to judge this book by it's cover; the interior looks very good indeed and I am delighted with the quality of the reproductions. It doesn't look fancy on your bookshelf, but it looks great in your hands...