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webshot
06-11-2004, 10:44 PM
I look but I never find any available. To the guys like Dan and SplineGod who make dvds could you work a deal out with like Barnes and Noble and get the dvds in bookstores? I do not buy things from the internet very often as I do not have a credit card. So I normally wait around till I get a chance to grab stuff from a bookstore or what have you.

Bytehawk
06-11-2004, 11:14 PM
I don't think you'll find those kind of items at a local bookstore soon.

Around my neck of the woods it's even rare to find anything 3D related in bookstores.

Don't you have some kind of speciality store (like your LW vendor) through whom you could get these kinda DVD's?

webshot
06-11-2004, 11:22 PM
nope....I have the college bookstore but even they dont carry dvds (training that is).

Insider
06-12-2004, 04:30 AM
It's an idea I've already looked into. But it's a difficult one. You need to work directly with their distributors, get UPC codes, etc. It's big task really.

So, what I have done it put a little more than 5 hours of 3D Garage videos on the DVD that comes with my soon to be released "Inside LightWave 8." This will be out at the end of June. It's 984 pages.

Hope that helps!

webshot
06-12-2004, 04:43 AM
That will do...I have your lightwave 7.5 book. And it has helped me tremendously. But I would love to see some dvds at my local bookstore

Signal2Noise
06-12-2004, 05:07 AM
Another inherit problem with getting specialty DVDs through a local bookstore would be the final shelf price. These discs don't exactly fly off the shelves and aren't pressed in vast numbers so by the time the reseller marks them up and to make it worth their while those DVDs will be pretty to look at but cost an arm and a leg to take them out of the store. Best bet is to purchase the DVDs on-line directly through the publisher and more often than not you'll get a good deal.

Btw, I love the [8] cover, Dan!:thumbsup:

Insider
06-12-2004, 06:35 AM
Thanks StN!

Another option - if you're in the Chicago area - come on by our studio and get them direct!

policarpo
06-12-2004, 07:49 PM
Why not send a Money Order for the DVD's/CD's?

I am sure you can work something out with Dan or SplineGod...I know SplineGod has been pretty flexible with people in the past. Just fire off an email to him.

Cheers.

:beer:

Insider
06-12-2004, 07:57 PM
We've done many Money Orders, wire transfers, and even split payments in two.

webshot
06-12-2004, 08:43 PM
Hey Dan

I already have your book Inside Lightwave and it is great. Your training dvd's sound excellent. Could you send me some payment option details. ngalloway9 at hotmail dot com?

I have no credit card and am attending college (one that has no 3d classes so I am teaching myself). But I have a lil campus job...lol.

Insider
06-12-2004, 09:06 PM
Email sent!
Thank you.

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