Digital Hotrods: book review and competition

http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2006/02/20/digital_hotrods_book_review/1.html

 

looks like a cool book.

 

I'm sure it is quite cool to look at, but my main problem with these books (and as one of the authors of PC Mods - Cool it, Light it, Morph it I think I'm qualified to say so) is that there's nothing generally in them that you can't find out for free on the Internet.

The sales figures for my PC Mods book seem to back it up. Yes, it's a nice looking book with some good photos, but few people buy it. When you have complete project logs on sites like this, you can find out everything you need for free.

Maybe this book will be different, but if it makes back more than the authors advance fee, I'll be surprised.

 

Well I can't say that I would expect it to sell all that well, especially since this style of book does go out of date very quickly. However, I do very much like coffee table books, about subjects that I or guests I might have do not know much about. I only wish this book had more glossy photos and less 'this is how to do it'. Something interesting for my non-tech friends...

 

About time we had a book like this. My work better be in it soon.

 

reveals the secrets of optiisation and benchmarking

Looks like a great book, i might have to purchase it.

 

Nice book, I'm sure it's re-read for most of us though.

 

Great-looking book, which I think is its purpose. You're a modder/enthusiast/anyone who knows what he's talking about with modding, and you want a cool book to replace those dusty tomes on your coffee table about "The Last 1000 Years" or "The Complete Works of Artist ~~~~~~~." I don't think there will be many who will get this book to learn modding, nor to see the projects. Those who know how to mod won't need the book, and those who don't probably will find this book through a tech site!

One question though-on the cover, they used a red filter over Orac3. Why???!!!
/me loves the green and chrome, because no matter how many times that color scheme is used in a mod, Orac3 is the original Pimp Daddy of Green and Chrome to me.

 

I totally agree. Seems like a decent book though, might pick this one up. Be interesting to read the tweaking parts. I'm just wondering if the extra publicity (if any) that this book will bring to the modding world will be a good thing. We all know there are quite a few of us that have gotten kind of irritated with all the pre-mods, and "OMGZ I bought an after-market side panel with a window, I'm a modder now!!!!!!1" attitude that seems to be a little more prevalent. Maybe that's just me though...

 

OMG, I made it into a book I knew Ben was working on this but didnt know it would be published so soon. I'd better call him to get my copy

and I also agree on the red filter on Orac, I hope this was done with asking G gnome, I wouldnt be too happy about it when i saw this and not knowing they would do that.

greetz,
Joungne

 

But IS that such a bad thing? It brings more people into the fold of modding, while still leaving the greats at the top. If anything, all that stuff brings us more credibility while making the originals just that much more original. I mean, Orac used to be a standout amongst standouts. Now it's a standout amongst an entire industry. Same with HC2. To me, it creates a whole new audience...some will try to make another amazing creation, others will be satisfied with appreciating the work as art.

 

sounds like a good gift for my non modding freinds. I personaly only do practical mods as they all look visualy the dogs proverbial... but I like looking at others mods and hope one day not to have stupid hands

 

I fear that the book will be outdated before its availabel everyware, so its probebly better to search for information on the internet

 

I hope a U.S book store such as Borders or Barnes & Noble picks this up. The shipping would cost more then the book if I ordered it from play.

 

My copy arrived today, and a very nice book it is too

Not had much of a chance to read it, with me being at work an all... will spend some proper time browsing through when I get home.

 

Isn't play.com free delivery?

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This possibly is because commercially, green is considered a bad colour for the cover of a book or record album. Don't ask...

 

Yup.

- H.

 

Come to think of it, he's in the USA so he'd obviously have to pay shipping. My mistake

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Yes, but I doubt they'll ship across the pond for free, that and when I was creating an account I didn't even see an option for the U.S.A. under the country list. Oh well, I'll have to start looking on eBay in a couple of weeks.

*sigh*