Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
I hear a lot of complaining about Patterns....have you considered buying books instead?
publishing patterns is more costly and time consuming than books. Most publishing companies won't even do patterns any more, so for the most part, patterns are SELF published.
What most NEW designers do not realize is that it is cheaper and just as much work to put together a Booklet of 3-4 patterns! When it comes time to copyright them you pay the same for one copy right on a pattern as you do on a book that might have as many of 12 patterns in it! There by they cover the copyright on 12 different patterns in ONE easy shot!
There are a lot more books coming around at the $15-$20 price range that contain upwards of 10+ patterns in them, making them a greater value all around!
I have found some major errors in books as well. Not sure if it is the rush to print or what , but one book I purchased in the last year had 56 pages with errors. I would have had no way of knowing except I over heard someone discussing which edition they had, because the first edition had so many errors. To my shock I thought I could trade in my bad edition for the better one, so I would not have to have a book with all these extra papers I had to stick in with the corrections printed.... But nope , I was told no such exchange was possible. One or two errors Ok .. I could mark up my edition but 56 pages with errors thats just careless on the more than one persons part and I would have thought the publisher would have wanted to restore their reputation.