Softcover

ISBN 10: 1902538552 ISBN 13: 9781902538556

Publisher: Argentum, 2008

Printing on-demand services offer photographers a low-cost route to self-publishing and self-promotion. This book describes the most effective ways of using them. It illustrates the complete process from concept development and design to selling your books on-line. It also shows examples of photobooks and personal design styles.

Synopsis:

Printing on-demand services now offer photographers a low-cost route to self-publishing and self-promotion - this book describes the most effective ways of using them.This book illustrates the complete process from concept development and design to selling your books on-line. It shows inspirational examples of photobooks and personal design styles. It provides jargon-free guidance for getting the best results from service providers.Ever since the earliest days of photography the production and publication of a book of their own work has been one of the dreams of most photographers, but one that would remain a fantasy for all but that tiny minority who could attract the attention of commercial publishers. But now, with the advent of digital printing technology, the cost of producing your own photobook can be less than the price of a packet of inkjet paper and, thanks to the internet, the costs and complications of disseminating the finished product have been dramatically reduced.Moreover, you can use your desktop computer to design, print, advertise and distribute you own photobook without ever leaving the comfort of home or office.

Whether your aim is to promote your work, display it to other photographers, create a record of the results of a personal project or simply entertain family and friends, the digital photobook offers a practical, economical means of producing a unique, high quality product of which you can be proud.Tim Daly has been making hand-made books of his own photographs for over twenty-five years and is an enthusiastic evangelist for the new opportunities opened up by the combination of digital printing and on-line service providers. In this book he shows readers with no prior knowledge of graphic design, printing, publishing or even photography how, without using specialist design software, they can make a collection of their most prized images available in the most interactive, permanent and portable form possible - a book.

About the Author:

Tim Daly is author of several books for Argentum, including The Digital Printing Handbook, Creating Exhibition-Quality Digital Prints and The Digital Colour Printing Handbook. He writes regularly for magazines including AG, Black and White Photography and Better Digital Photography. He teaches photography at the University of Chester in England and also manages www.photocollege.co.uk, the online imaging learning centre.