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To: Doren who wrote (11828)	6/7/2000 6:22:00 AM
From: orkrious	Respond to of 60323

Doren, superb post. I saved it in a folder so I can it can easily be retrieved and referenced easily. Jay

To: Doren who wrote (11828)	6/7/2000 9:41:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

Doren, The kind of information you just posted is extremely valuable to The Thread and not something you would ever hear or read about except from someone interested in and close to the business of music. I especially liked to hear about the distribution problems. When you encounter headaches like the ones you've described it usually means that something needs to change drastically. It appears that this opportunity is making itself available to the industry. Thanks for imparting your knowledge to the rest of us. Aus

To: Doren who wrote (11828)	6/7/2000 8:53:00 PM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

Only very slightly O.T. There has been much discussion about how digital photography can be successful without an efficient, inexpensive way to print pictures. We have discussed the use of relatively inexpensive ink jet printers at home, on-line photo processors and photo kiosks at the local pharmacy. In the final analysis the consumer will likely have several options. Presently I really have been impressed with the utility of my ink jet on photo paper. The results are quite excellent. I would favor being able to bring in a loaded CompactFlash card and having prints made at a local photo developer like a Wolf or Ritz camera as a second choice. I just don't see myself e-mailing individual photos on-line. It is too much to ask for, IMHO. [I still need to try an on-line service before making a final judgement.] digitalkamera.de What is coming next??? Paperless image distribution is the next big market, IHMO. The real beauty of digital photography will be the on-line hosting services (like PhotoPoint), photo attachments to or embedded into e-mail, and the ability to design pleasing archival albums on CD for distribution. albums.photopoint.com I downloaded a software program today that creates a virtual album using user-defined parameters. The album has a cover, a spiral bound spine, and an unlimited number of pages. Once created it is packaged into a single self-executing file that displays the "table of contents" as thumbnails. Then each photo is given a single page. The last few pages of the book are an index of photos by name. The program allows you to select, edit, print, modify,... pictures within the album by copying them from the CD to your desktop. The beauty of the program lies in the fact that the viewing software is written to CD the recipient and can be executed with a simple double-click on the CD-ROM content shortcut. This will make it very simple for my folks to use and requires no additional software for use. As an aside, here in Minnesota a business man/entrepreneur named Bruce Thomson started a photo developing business named ProEX. He built the business up to a total of 25 individual stores within the Twin Cities before selling the entire business to Wolf Camera for $24 million a few years ago. They have added camera sales and other services to the developing and studio photo/portrait services that ProEX specialized in. After selling the business Mr. Thomson has decided to open a related franchise named... "Archiver's, The Photo Memory Store" This franchise will offer photo albums, scrap books, colored paper, decorative stickers, rubber stamping supplies,... I think his long term vision is to take advantage of the consumer interest in archiving memories. To a great extent this type of business appeals to women. It is even more popular now as baby boomers are coming closer to retirement and are starting to put together scrap books of family photos from the 1940's and 1950's, as well as childhood photos from the 1960's and 1970's. Many parents of baby boomers are well into their 70's and 80's now. Preserving these family memories is vital. The availability of photo scanners and accessories such as Archiver's offers is making photo collecting a popular hobby and pasttime. Digital archiving on the PC and Internet hosted sites are a logical extension of this trend. Ausdauer