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13 years 3 months ago #19016 by teacher_type
I have a series of B&W photos created in the Ansel Adams style. Landscapes and some night scenes. I've been trying to get a publisher to publish a coffee table book of my work - no luck with that. Has anyone out there had any expereince with self-publishing? Is it up to industry standards and is it expensive?
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13 years 3 months ago #19031 by Baydream
Wayne Dementi gave a presentation at our club meeting about the books he and his company have published. This site has a "Call us to Help Publishing your book" section.
www.dementimilestonepublishing.com/
Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
fineartamerica.com/profiles/john-g-schickler.html?tab=artwork
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13 years 3 months ago - 13 years 3 months ago #19196 by photobod
Take a look at www.lovegroveconsulting.com or www.floppychicken.com

good luck
oh and take a look at prophotonut thats damien lovegroves blog, he is just getting into self publishing, thats his site floppy chicken, it may not be up and running yet but soon will be.
www.dcimages.org.uk
"A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." - Irving Penn
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13 years 3 months ago #19249 by crystal
You could make the photography book using blurb.com and go from there.
www.crystalwightman.com
My Facebook.. www.facebook.com/cwightmanphotography
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13 years 3 months ago #19251 by crystal

photobod wrote: Take a look at www.lovegroveconsulting.com or www.floppychicken.com

good luck
oh and take a look at prophotonut thats damien lovegroves blog, he is just getting into self publishing, thats his site floppy chicken, it may not be up and running yet but soon will be.


The names people come up with for websites....floppychicken. lmao
www.crystalwightman.com
My Facebook.. www.facebook.com/cwightmanphotography
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13 years 3 months ago - 13 years 3 months ago #19258 by photobod

cwightmanphotos wrote:

photobod wrote: Take a look at www.lovegroveconsulting.com or www.floppychicken.com

good luck
oh and take a look at prophotonut thats damien lovegroves blog, he is just getting into self publishing, thats his site floppy chicken, it may not be up and running yet but soon will be.


The names people come up with for websites....floppychicken. lmao


yeah it sounds hilarious Crystal, but there is a story as to why, apparently someone was talking to him about tripods or monopods I think, and said has your monopod/tripod head ever gone floppy chicken on you, and it was something that stuck in his mind, so when it came to his self publishing site thats what he used.
you have to admit its not one you would forget
www.dcimages.org.uk
"A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." - Irving Penn
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13 years 3 months ago #19441 by odd_oscar
I haven't had a photograph book published but i have a friend who just had a novel published by Lulu. He was very pleased with the result and no, it wasn't overly expensive. His book was about 450 pages long and only cost a little over $12.00 a piece for a print run of 20. Of course, I'm sure photos would be more expensive than B&W text, but here's the website.

www.lulu.com/publish/index.php?cid=en_tab_publish
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13 years 3 months ago #19442 by johnm
I, too, self-published my first novel through Lulu last year. But other than the cover, it was all in black and white text.

However, I have a good friend who had wonderful full color photography book published by blurb.com. Of course, he only had one printed so it did cost him about $60.00. But it was professionally done and looked like it came off the art shelf at Barnes and Noble. He was extremely happy with the results. Check them out.

www.blurb.com
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13 years 3 months ago #19443 by momma_cass
I believe that Barnes and Noble has a self-publishing service which includes them putting the book on their site for sale.
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13 years 3 months ago #19486 by johnroberts
Look into Ebooks. It seems to be a growing field which usually only costs you if the book is sold.
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13 years 3 months ago #19487 by over.the.edge
With the economy the way it is, publishers are reluctant to pump money into a book by unknown authors. punch into your search enginer "self publishers." There are many of them. How good each one is, I don't kn ow. Some offer, for slight extra charge, a proof book so you can correct for errors before you print off a whole bunch of them.
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13 years 3 months ago #21063 by harris50
One thing I do know. If you havey any copy (i.e., text) in the book, make sure it's edited by a professional. The self-publisher will not correct for errors. What you send is what they print - with no money back guarantee. I learned the hard way.
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