Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To answer both the point made by Mark: yes, there is obviously a difference between a published book like Kyle's and a self-published book like mine. But Blurb and similar services has made publishing more widely available, and in maintaining my list I am not going to make any judgements about the relative merits of this or that book. It is just a list that people can look at and choose from. And BTW, I think that Doug Herr's book, even though it is self-published, is one of the best nature photography books I have ever seen. As for Kyle's point: sure, we are a group of people who have accomplished many things and published many books and papers, but photography is what initially brought us together here on the list, and although many of us have formed wider-ranging friendships and have discovered other sides of fellow list members, I still want to keep the focus on photography books in my little list (also because that list is part of a photography web site). Nathan On 31-dec-2007, at 0:54, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > let's not forget that Ted Grant, B.D. Colen and Peter Miller, at > the very least have published a number of "real" books and I'm sure > there are quite a number of luggers out there who have written > books about electronics, engineering, medicine, architecture, and > lord knows what else. i just have the loudest mouth. > > but i really like the idea of seeing a (somewhat) comprehensive > lists of the accomplishments of this very accomplished group. > thanks to nathan for putting it together. but i'd encourage him to > add more than just photography books. > > what a database of widespread expertise we have here! > > > > kc > > > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:15:41 -0500 > From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> > >> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog