Separating the plates from the text works extremely well, not only for
the Costa Rica guide but for many other voluminous South American field
guides. Just take the book to Kinko's and have them slice at the spine,
then mount the plates with coil and the text with whatever works (can
vary with thickness). Have them put hard or semi-hard covers on them.
Usually costs $10-15.
Then I add a page-size index to the outside of the back cover and tape
clear plastic onto both covers as rain protection.
The Costa Rica guide has few enough plates that it allowed at least one
guide to encase each page in plastic before rebinding. Gets fairly thick
but sure is good in the rain. Not necessary for one-time birding,
though.
Don Lewis
Lafayette, CA
donlewis@...
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 14:58:18 +0000
From: John Spencer <
john@...>
Subject: RFI - Removing plates from guide
Am going to Costa Rica and need to reduce bulk/weight. So I'm thinking
that I want to remove the Plates from my Costa Rica Guide What is the
best/correct way to do this with destroying the guide.?
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