On 10-11-10 2:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
what is involved in putting together one of these books once you have the
photos?
The various tasks that need to be done.
The length of time to do each task.
Any cash up front to blurb to do one of these books.
I assume that there's an economically optimal number of photos, probably
similar to the number of photos in the PDML annual.
I also figure that the amount of time spent getting each photo ready for
publication will vary from person to person.
Robert described the process well. But as a single data point for you:
I got the brilliant notion to do a book of my shots from around our
garden for my wife for her birthday. I decided the 80-page
landscape-oriented book would suit. After figuring out what my deadline
was based on allowing for shipping time, I realized I had exactly three
days to: select shots, clean them up, learn Booksmart (badly named,
btw), edit the book, upload.
I made it. :-)
That includes two misfires where I had to delete the book project and
start over. Robert is very generous in calling Booksmart "clunky". But
once you get the hang of it, it's usable. I was forced to create several
custom page templates though as none of the offered defaults were useful
for the mix of 2:3 and 3:4 ratio shots I have. Some of my pages were
full-bleed, but most weren't.
The book was very well received too, so that was the best part.
-bmw
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