Online book printing and publishing service Blurb has today released an improved version of its book creation software. BookSmart, which is a free dowload from the company's website. Blurb has also introduced a flat rate shipping fee for orders of between 1 and 5 books, which means the vast majority of orders should now be cheaper. Full details at Blurb.com.
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The Roma Journeys, by Joakim Eskildsen
Joakim Eskildsen is a young Dane who graduated with an MA from Helsinki’s University of Art & Design in 1998; as you will see from his website, he has already completed several bodies of exceptional work and published a number of books, including hand-made artist’s books and short-run editions. His latest, and most ambitious to date is The Roma Journeys. A huge body of work it is too.
Like Josef Koudelka before him (Gypsies, published in 1975), Eskildsen has spent six years following his subject, but unlike Koudelka he has divided his time – and that of his collaborator Cia Rinne – more evenly between the seven countries whose Gypsy travellers feature in the work. Also, most of Eskildesn's work – and the most striking – is in colour. The Roma Journeys is published by Steidl and there is a 10-page portfolio from the work in Ag51. Image © Joakim Eskildsen.
22 March 2008
How to Make and Publish a Photobook
Every photographer’s must-have accessory!
In this new and unique little book Chris Dickie guides the reader through the various stages and decision-making processes involved in the making of a photobook. He offers advice based on over 30 years’ experience in publishing, during which time he has been professionally involved in every aspect of the publishing process: from writing and editing to art direction, from typesetting and design to print buying. For the past 25 years he has been publishing photography, in magazines and books. To date he has racked up almost 1500 photography publications.
How to Make & Publish a Photobook takes the reader step-by-step from image selection to selling your finished book. The way in which digital technology has revolutionised the publishing process is explained in depth: the costs and merits of the various print production options are compared and contrasted, and advice is offered on which route to take according to the scale and nature of your project.
How to Make & Publish a Photobook is published by Picture-Box Media at a mere £15. For more information or to place an order visit www.picture-box.com, or you can telephone on 020 8941 0249. UK postage is free. The book is also available as a pdf download at just £10 (no postage!) - click here for details.
21 September 2007
Bruce Rae, Terry Jones & Tom Phillips in new limited edition artists book
A beautiful, intriguing and highly collectable limited edition art book is now available from the publishers of Ag magazine. Tableaux•Whispers•Echoes is a unique collaboration between three eminent British artists and features beautiful salt print studies by art photographer Bruce Rae, interpretive poetry by writer, director and Monty Python member Terry Jones and allusive illustration by renowned artist Tom Phillips RA. This handsome volume is printed, case-bound and embossed in Italy on the finest heavyweight art paper and presented in an illustrated protective slipcase.
Tableaux•Whispers•Echoes will be published in an edition of just 900 copies in November 2007. Each copy is individually numbered and signed by the three artists.
Of the edition, 30 copies - numbered 01-30 - are being offered as a Collector's Edition, each hand-bound in leather and accompanied by one of three numbered salt prints, each in an edition of 10, hand-coated and printed on fine watercolour paper and signed by Bruce Rae. Thanks to the nature of this earliest of photographic processes each print is unique in colour and tone and archivally permanent. Click here to visit the site and preview the book. Secure online ordering with pre-publication discount is now available.
28 November 2006
Chris Dickie's latest book available online
Ag's editor & publisher Chris Dickie has a new book out at the on-demand internet print service Lulu.com. Produced as part of his on-going research into contemporary techniques for self-publishing photographers, The Lightning Tree is an 88-page hardback, printed in colour throughout, which presents a modern fable told in words and photographs. Click here to view the details.
30 September 2006
World of Lith Printing out now
Lith print expert Tim Rudman's book 'The World of Lith Printing' - as featured at length in Ag44 - has just been published. The book draws together both imagery and experience from lith printers around the world and serves both as inspiration and a highly practical guide to the popular process. You can preview parts of the book and order copies - including a limited slipcased hardbound edition - at the World of Lith Printing website.
23 November 2005
New photobook by Chris Dickie
A new book by Ag editor and publisher Chris Dic kie is now available from lulu.com, the internet-based digital print and publishing service. ‘In from the sea’ documents in words and photographs the relationship between the west coast of Lewis, in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, and the Atlantic Ocean. Reade rs can order a copy of the 60-page full colour softback First Edition for just $19.99 (that’s less than £12, plus carriage). Click here for further details.
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