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Subject: [Leica] Blurb books (a little catalogue)
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun Dec 30 13:15:46 2007

> Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Jim will be finished with the yearbook soon and we will be able to
>> order it shortly.
>> 
>> When I order mine, I want to pick up some others at the same time. I
>> know about these:
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=Wajsman&x=30&y=10
>


Thing is as intrigued and inspired as this list gets me I can't help
thinking that Kyle's name is buried in the middle of the list there and
there is a huge difference between a Vanity Book;  a book we publish
ourselves and a "real book" done by a publisher. With an editor and art
directors and the publishers money and book and media tours and high
finance. Market research.

Not that there have been some great vanity books out there.
Ana?s Nin printed off her own stuff nobody else would.  Literally with her
own hand. We're glad for that.
Blossom Dearie started her own recording company as no one else would record
her.. We're glad for that.
But getting a publisher to risk doing a book on your work is a whole
different bag of  Purina.

We all look good by being on a list with Kyle.
But in all fairness with reality should be a different list.

Apples in the oranges list.
Puppy chow in the Kitty chow list.


Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com




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