Dennis Miller wrote:
>A bigger problem with "Bible" it that it is such a cliche. Surely you (we?)
>can do better.
>D.
>
>"Mitchell Waite" <mit### [at] dnaicom> wrote in message
>news:3c883f39$1[at]news.povray.org...
>> If you do some research on Amazon you'll find that I was the first
>publisher
>> to use the word Bible in a computer book. Its almost synonymous with Waite
>> Group. I also pioneered the How To line, as well as Primers, Papers,
>Tricks
>> of the ___ Masters, ____ Creations, Playhouses, SuperBibles, ____ Lab,
>> Construction Kit, Interactive Courses.
>>
>> I still like Bible. But I would be open to something different and more
>> reverent like POV Ray: From Hell and Back, or maybe POV Ray New Testament
>:)
>>
>> "Harold Baize" <bai### [at] itsaucsfedu> wrote in message
>> news:3c8544ac[at]news.povray.org...
>> > Mitchell,
>> > Please don't call it the "POV-Ray Bible". If you've followed
>> > some of the discussion on "off-topic" then you know religion
>> > is a hot button here. More generally, if it is primarily a
>> > "how-to" then the Bible metaphor doesn't work anyway.
>> > Maybe "POV-Ray: The final render" or "POV-Ray: How
>> > to Create Worlds" or "POV-Ray: Unlimited Computer
>> > Graphics Power"? Anyway, just something that isn't
>> > religious or political ;-)
>> >
>> > Harold
>> >
>> >
>> > > We have started collecting ideas for How Do I's for our POV Ray book
>> > > underway (POV Ray Bible).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

If you're still looking for book titles (didn't have time to read all the
messages to figure out), how about "With a Trace: <whatever you want>"

For example:

"With a Trace: Modeling & Development using POV-ray"

I got this idea when I tried to look for a book on POV-ray on bn.com and
only found a fiction book called "Without a Trace" and books on how to make
ray tracers...

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Hallelujah, or should I not use that in this context?  Anyway, this message
is for Mitchell Waite.

I have been trying to track down the publisher of what I thought was the
Desk Top Publisher's Bible and maybe this will work.  I have been searching
for the book ever since I 'lent' it, a good few years ago, to someone who I
suspect never even bothered to read it.

Having started my e-life with cpm/Wordstar/Supercalc/Dbase II in the depths
of Darfur, I found the DTP said all a busy development economist ever
needed to know about design, not to mention kerning & leading and so many
other things.  Besides the laid-back west coast approach was a delight.

Amazon says the Desktop Publishing  Bible (I may have got the name a bit
wrong) was one of yours but it is not on the list on your website and I
want to check it is the book I am looking for.  Every chapter was written
by a different author with the writer's biosnap (very laid-back west coast)
at the start of each one.  Have I found it after all these years?

As a lifelong enemy of the Microsoft colossus, I much enjoyed reading your
history.  Best regards. James Morton

"Mitchell Waite" <mit### [at] dnaicom> wrote:
> If you do some research on Amazon you'll find that I was the first publisher
> to use the word Bible in a computer book. Its almost synonymous with Waite
> Group. I also pioneered the How To line, as well as Primers, Papers, Tricks
> of the ___ Masters, ____ Creations, Playhouses, SuperBibles, ____ Lab,
> Construction Kit, Interactive Courses.
>
> I still like Bible. But I would be open to something different and more
> reverent like POV Ray: From Hell and Back, or maybe POV Ray New Testament :)
>

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