[sdiy] Book about creator of Starwars sounds!

[KA4HJH]

>On Apr 5, 2012, at 11:43 AM, KD KD wrote:
>
>> Didn't say Disney did the sounds. Disney, Lucasfilm, Microsoft, whatever,
>> who cares about greedy publishers, they are filthy rich enough already.
>>
>> Actually i don't recommend to buy the book because it was way over
>>priced but if
>> you get the opportunity to steal it, pleas do , or buy it on a
>> sell-out or something. :)
>
>it's published via chronicle books who aren't really "greedy publishers"
>so much as they are publishers willing to put out niche books in
>relatively tiny runs of 1-2 thousand (like, for instance, a book that
>looks like it's for kids but instead is about sound design). i just
>grabbed it from amazon for $24 (instead of stealing a copy which
>guarantees the book's author won't get paid for their work).
>
>thanks,
>
>-jon
>(married to an author who publishes via chronicle)

There's an interesting video about the book on Amazon:

<http://www.amazon.com/The-Sounds-Star-Wars-Rinzler/dp/0811875466>

The book itself comes with a digital sound module that plays hundreds of
sound bites so you can hear what you're reading about.

-- 

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"