Amber Listserv / Patty Rice's new book

[Joy J]

Hey Maggie, 
Thank you for the heads up!  Maybe the publishers do not realize that there are plenty of people who are willing to pay a little extra for good quality photos??!! 
I have the old version and I think I will just stick to that.

Peace to you this turkey day!
Joy

Maggiecatbird at aol.com wrote:     Hello all, 
      I really appreciate Tammi's alert on the new  edition of Patty Rice's amber book ("Golden Gem of the Ages") and immediately  went to Amazon and ordered a copy. I was hoping that in addition to updated and  expanded text, there would be much better photos. Those of you who have the old  book know what I mean, but at least there was a color section, even if you  couldn't tell too much from them. The new book just came yesterday - enlarged  and full of information - but - not only are the photographs not improved, they  are ALL black and white! Does this make any sense? This book could be, in my  opinion, the definitive modern authority on amber the substance (not bugs)  and there's not a single color photo. Just grainy black and white that is nearly  useless in illustrating any point that the text might make. I am really  frustrated by this. For instance, in the discussion of the many types of cloudy  amber, I would like to see close-up color photos of amber that
 illustrate the  many types of cloudy amber she refers to - bastard, semi-bastard, flomig, etc.  Nothing! And not a glossary for terms. For years I had hoped that she would come  out with an updated and improved version of the first book, which was kind of a  trail blazer in its own right, and now this. I'm just venting here to people who  I think will understand. I know that color is costly, but why bother at all  if it isn't going to be done right? 
      Happy turkey to you all,    Maggie
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