BryanP
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Well, here it is, our little self published/home made field guide which we are calling “101+ Common Birds of Costa Rica”.
Why this topic you ask? To be honest I’m not sure but we had to start somewhere and tackling the more common birds seemed like a good beginning. True, the project has always had a tilting at windmills vibe but dammit why should Helm, Cornell and the other big boys have all the fun to themselves?
Besides the usual field guide author/illustrator duties not having a publisher in our corner meant we did all of the editing, copy editing, book design, layout and proofing. We’ve also recorded all of the calls in the field for the eBook version.
The format and layout along with the kind of illustrations I forced on the project meant we couldn’t follow the classic and sensible multiple bird plate style but we shoehorned them in anyway.
We haven’t learned our lesson yet because we’re more than half way through the next book. “The Regional Endemics of Central America” Since it’s still at a malleable stage I’m hoping it can benefit from any ideas the members here might have.
So there you have it, our little boutique effort, a labour of love built on a firm foundation of never recovering our costs.
For better or worse its now up on Amazon Books.
Cheers,
Bryan
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Why this topic you ask? To be honest I’m not sure but we had to start somewhere and tackling the more common birds seemed like a good beginning. True, the project has always had a tilting at windmills vibe but dammit why should Helm, Cornell and the other big boys have all the fun to themselves?
Besides the usual field guide author/illustrator duties not having a publisher in our corner meant we did all of the editing, copy editing, book design, layout and proofing. We’ve also recorded all of the calls in the field for the eBook version.
The format and layout along with the kind of illustrations I forced on the project meant we couldn’t follow the classic and sensible multiple bird plate style but we shoehorned them in anyway.
We haven’t learned our lesson yet because we’re more than half way through the next book. “The Regional Endemics of Central America” Since it’s still at a malleable stage I’m hoping it can benefit from any ideas the members here might have.
So there you have it, our little boutique effort, a labour of love built on a firm foundation of never recovering our costs.
For better or worse its now up on Amazon Books.
Cheers,
Bryan
View attachment IMG_1809.MP4
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