Famous authors still go on book tours. Famous actor still show up on talk shows. Part o the biz
Has anyone thought about the fact that Ms Swanson has to constantly push her book and workshops, even though it was published by a reputable publisher?
Famous authors still go on book tours. Famous actor still show up on talk shows. Part o the biz
Usually when the book is first launched, not after three editions.
6 figures for a poet! Quite impressive. Well, she is the Poet Laureate of the U.S.Pretty sure that for her, the revenue from the book is secondary to its promotional value - every edition means she gets blog & reviewer interviews and reviews and references to her workshops. This is a well-worn track for business-book writers, who can get onto a lecture circuit and get corps to pay them $100k or more for a single appearance to the staff. Book ten or thiirty of those a year, you're starting to cover the printing costs! Seth Godin doesn't pay his bills with book sales. Nor do many other non-fic authors (or even novelists or poets -- a recent visit here by Ada Limon, a very respected poet who grew up nearby, allegedly included a six-figure honorarium for a 30-minute talk, most of it reading from a book)
Has anyone thought about the fact that Ms Swanson has to constantly push her book and workshops, even though it was published by a reputable publisher?
She probably makes more from the workshops
But I believe the book in the second printing
It has arrived, and I’ve had a quick look through. It’s beautiful and utterly amazing. Thank you so much for making me aware of this guy.
The book itself is beautifully designed and printed. Only occasional photos are bled across pages, and they seem to have chosen photos where the composition actually works fine despite the seam. It’s a thick book, thick pages and 439 of them; but the binding seems well up the job … which is good because it’s going to get a lot of handling!
The text is a small fraction of the book. I don’t know any Italian, but I’m sure my phone will cope with translating it.
Leafed through this beauty today and I'm still dreaming about it. So much beauty in so many ways...
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Meeting Sofie by Budingen-Dyba
I received my copy of Eugene Richards' In This Brief Life yesterday. I've only had a chance to flip through it once so far, but if you're a fan of great documentary photography then I'm pretty confident you'll enjoy it.
If I get a chance later I'll post a few photos of some spreads.
I almost pulled the trigger on Kyle Macdougal's book since he's one of the handful of "youtube" photgraphers whose content is enjoyable to me. Every image in his book looks like it was taken on the same day though. For whatever reason, I find that a bit unsettling. I applaud the guy for getting a book published, and I enjoy many of the images I just don't love it as a whole. It may be because it's color imagery. (shoulder shrug)
I enjoy Kyle McDougall's YouTube channel as well - his low-key delivery is a nice respite from many of the other photography-oriented YouTube channels I've come across But I'm with you on his book. I found the images a bit monotonous and I'm not a huge fan of color in general or that washed out Portra look in particular. If I'm in the mood for pictures of that sort of subject matter, I'll pull a Stephen Shore or William Eggleston book off the shelf.
That book is supposed to be exceptionally well printed. Unfortunately, I've never seen a copy.
Yup. I missed it. Phooey.
You know, I hemmed and hawed about buying 'Looking In' when it was still available and didn't pull the trigger. By the time I decided to get it it was OOP and a small fortune. One of my many photobook regrets
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