Book and Pamphlet Publication

* See also Free Press in Rapture
* See also Newspapers_and_Magazines
* See also Records_and_Recordings
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Publication Mechanisms ...
* Sofia Lamb's Giant Book of Butterflies (and Mental Tyranny)
Useful Pamphlets :
* WELCOME, THIS IS RAPTURE 
* Dummy's Guide To Living in Rapture
* Know Your Parasites!!
* Do NOT Talk To Little Sisters
* Do It Yourself Apartment Remodeling
* Cats, You Furry Friend
* "Don't Ever Let The Sucker See You Sweat" - Franklin Fontaine
* Sander Cohen - A wondrously Great Life - Autobiography
* Religion - "WE DON'T NEED NO STATE RELIGION !!!"
* Ordering Stuff From The Surface - An Easy Guide.
* Amateur Artists - DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
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Book (Pamphlet ?) "Atlas, Portrait of a Parasite" - Andrew Ryan :
Explains how throughout history many pretend popular 'reformers' have swayed lower-classed people with promises, when really all they were after was power (he went thru that in Russia as a kid). And that those new 'saviors' turn out to be far worse than those they replaced, and frequently murder large numbers of those who reject their lies. Likewise, good-natured better-off people would be led to think their support was 'helping' others.
Thus Atlas, promising Freebies/Handouts to a minority of slackers and inept people, convinces them to be disruptive and destructive and even murderers -- simply to take what they didn't work for and what they don't really deserve.
Large numbers of Citizens would agree with Ryan, and wonder why people like Atlas ever came to Rapture (or the people who wound-up following 'Hand Out Kings' like him). Too bad the writers of the game (BS1) hardly let such sentiments be heard from the Citizen majority (so many who came to Rapture to avoid such Parasites infesting the Surface World).
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A Series of Books Written/Published in Rapture ... XYZ for Ignoramuses and Dimwits (equivalance of our 'Dummies' books)
* "Genetic Manipulation for Morons" - by Yi Suchong 
* "Care and Feeding of Your SeaSlug" - Little Eleanor Lamb (child's book) 
* "Submersible Piloting, Its Really Easy" - Doc Mariner 
* "The Art of Computer Programming" - Reed Wahl and Charles M. Porter 
* "Plaster Crafts, How I Do It", and "Volume 2 - Fun With Plaster" - Sander Cohen 
* "Trees" - Prof. J. Langford 
* "My Struggle" - F. Fontaine 
* "Why I Am An Atheist" - Andre Rianofski 
* "Golden Spike, How I Built My Railroad" - Prentice Mill 
* "Trading Futures" - M. Epstein 
* "ADAM Side-effects and Their Treatments" - B. Tenenbaum 
* "Let The Buyer Beware, My Life" - Augustus Sinclair 
* "There and Back Again, The Story of Johnny Topside" - Roy Hinkley 
* "101 Things to Do with an Empty EVE Syringe" - LilCrafter Magazine 
* "This Is My City" - Anthology 
* "About Face" - J.S. Steinman MD 
* "To Kill A MockFish - 101 Recipes Using Real Fish" - Fontaine Fisheries Cooking Club 
* "Parasites and The Ant People" - Andrew Ryan 
* "FDR And Other Socialist Charlatans" - Andrew Ryan 
* "The Great Chain, How To Make It Strong. An Introduction To Rapture" - Andrew Ryan 
* "Kelp Is Your Friend" - Rapture Kelp Growers Association 
* "The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence" - Jack McClendon 
* "Rapture Is In My Soul" - Joseph Blow 
* "Retraining For Your Future in Rapture" - Anton Kinkaide 
* "How Tesla Inspired Me" - Andrew Ryan
* "Twenty Thousand For Rapture" - G A Henna
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Newspapers in Rapture - Where Does The Newsprint Come From ? 
* Lots of recycling (newspaper) would be done ( magazines are less ephemeral, or just not done much with low 'circulations' )
* Kelp - need varieties with fibers to make proper paper ( find or develop them ?? or use interior crops with fiber byproduct ... )
* Wood fiber from the 'forests' ( bamboo grows very fast ) and recycled scrap wood
* Some kind of inking that is removable from the reused/recycled newsprint ( paper keeps getting greyer anyway... new material gets added as needed )
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New Rapture 'Toilet Paper Editions' 
New Rapture Newspapers printed on 'soft' kelp paper 
Limited resources require clever innovations Note - Newspaper used to have all kinds of re-uses. And people who grew up during WW2/Depression had learned lots of ways ... True even before Post-Normalcy Rapture started.
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Photo Journalism and Newspapers :
Pictures in newspapers/magazine - lots of pictures.
Note - The small circulation numbers ( due to Rapture's limited population ) should have restricted this 'big city' aspect in many ways which the gamewriters didn't seem to understand ( pretending it is somehow "Manhattan at the bottom of the Sea" ).
Newspapers might still stay popular despite Radio And TV. Many people don't have the time to watch linear TV coverage of 'News'. And News Radio in Rapture is likely just 'reading the newspaper' anyway.
Newspapers are portable and can be selectively read in snatches during a Rapturite's busy day.
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Content :
Publications could do alot of reprinting stuff from The Surface ( what 'censoring' could be done which wouldn't be bothersome though ? )
Lasting until ~1952-1953 when the 'closing off from The Surface went into effect.
At least it was time enough to gain skill in producing local material fitting Rapture - much produced after that would probably mimic publication materials from the Surface upto that Close-Off time.
Ryan WOULD WANT stories about the Terrors of the Cold War<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/Cold_War and looming World destruction to be disseminated ( He didn't even NEED to exaggerate them to the people of THAT time ).
 
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Nifty Instruction Booklet for the Player at "Rapture Radio" :
I saw this recently and thought "that's the kind of talent that is meant to be the core of this MMORPG working...
http://www.rapturearchives.org/radio/guide.html  -  ( Click on its surface to look at index/pages )
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I could see similar Assets for all kinds of devices and Appliances used in the MMORPG Game Interface ( and a general help interface - a Template - just supply text and diagrams ).
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No doubt (?), Fontaine's workers HAD to buy his books OR ELSE. Ghost written by ... ( same guy who did "Tek War" ??? )
Good quality paper at least, good for rolling 'ciggies' ( as you will find out in the MMORPG ). Lousy, as TP.
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Would You Kindly Reprint This ? :
Publications could do alot of reprinting stuff from The Surface World ( what kind of 'censoring' done which wouldn't be bothersome tho ? - After the fact ? )
Last until ~1952-53 when the 'closing off from The Surface went into effect ( and access to Surface materials dwindled ).
At least it was time enough to gain skill in producing Rapture-Made material ( alot produced after that would probably mimic published materials from The Surface existing upto that close-off time ).
There would still be 'critical' published data still coming (when authorized) from the Surface, and other Smuggled stuff - whatever of those might warrant being copied.
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Business Cards (Just Like Old Times in Rapture) :
MMORPG NPCs you meet (and Businesses you visit) can have business cards ( at least one easy interaction for them instead of the typical MMORPG Mannequin Behavior ).
Players can have their own Cards - and a stylishly printed one facilitates (Player) Prestige. Various motifs and patterns ( more Player Creation Assets and appropriate tools ). These can can show the Player's available NPC-run business(es), established Citizenship, Titles, and various other info. 'Achievements' could be shown on the card (and auto-updated).
The 'Cards' can be added to a Players Bulletin Board, or be part of their 'diary'/appointments data.
Of course they are available for printing in the real world ( nifty idea for that tactile reality ... Come to think of it, most of these paperine Assets could be output into the Players reality space, to have with/beside them to help break through that "fourth wall" ).
Cards can be used as Props for Missions ( so have a generic Auto-Generator for these ... ). Cards and letters, memos and newspaper ads, billboard signs and phone calls can all serve as Mission initiators/activators/clues.
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Note - '3D' printing will be much more widespread and common in the coming decade, and I would have any/all Assets in the game be 'D-Printable' ( You saw the term HERE first !!!!!! ) for any Player that wishes to ( a "Posing" program to generate the required basic '3D' printer directives for all in-game objects - AND various Players can be counted upon to create these Tools - I have no doubt of THAT ).
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Computer Assisted Publishing in Rapture  :
HAVE IT Come 3 Decades early ( It revolutionized Publishing in Our World) - It would justify production of the many different Rapture-made newspapers/magazines/books -- Becoming economically viable to compose/print/sell - while Rapture is really a fairly small market ( low-ish circulation counts for customers ).
Simple 'text' type computer displays would be used (even just teletypes), rather than the graphical ones we have these days. A good use for small computer systems ( it justifies size of the Minervas Den facilities/companies ).
STILL it would be a significant improvement in efficiency ( and Rapture is all about Efficiency and Cutting Costs )
For post-Chaos Rapture, Mimeograph Machines (and public posting boards) might be the source of many ad hoc publications. Player Assets of this type would be logical ( the Tools exist and many Players could know how to use them ), both as props for the various missions, but also Community creations to help fill out the games environment.  Lack of polish for such media would be appropriate in the New Rapture situation.
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ADD More Books Here
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