Erik,
Do you do copywork or three dimensional ob jects? If the latter, do you orient the chart to the camera or let it lie flat on the table?
If one does one photograph with a chart and one without, is it necessary to repeat this process if one brackets? Or is one photo with a chart sufficient if one brackets?
Stew,
I've shot objects, and orient the chart so that it faces the camera. It would probably make sense to include a chart image for each bracket, though you might be able to get the chart into the frame and plan on cropping to take it out again. However, I'd suggest to do some trials, so you know what will work. Then you should be able to put the chart in once (or once for each change in lighting).
But you should start talking to the book production people first. Ask them what would work for them. After all, they'll likely have dealt with the issue before.
i think that you may be making life a bit complicated for yourself and perhaps even cutting some profesionals out of the print production process. why not just give them the chromes or the prints and let the book production peope handle the repro? after all, all reputable repro houses have scanners in the 50.000 buck range, do you have one of these? thay will be capable of matching and even bettering your originals for print purposes, and you can see the proofs and make corrections if nescessary. they will likeley make cmyk scans too, so if you do choose to "do it yourself" be careful as to rgb-cmyk conversion issues.
giving chromes/prints takes the colour chart worry away assuming that they just have to match the image.
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