[Leica] Nathan's Book List

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Yes I bet this big-time singer had a recording company sign a contract with
him at some point which then in turn resulted in an album being made which
he didn't make himself which in turn was responsible for his recognition as
a big-time singer.
But anybody who memorized the chords to Stairway to Heaven can record their
own CD can't they? And sell it on the sidewalk. Hoping for a recording
contract to come out of it so they can make a real CD.
Lots of professionals all working at a record company doing all kinds of
jobs.
Same as a publishing house.

But there is a reason why this gets forgotten in this computer software day
and age.

We get Pagemaker or InDesign and now we can do anything a graphic designer
can do right?  We have to tools to do really bad design.
Graphic artists go to school for many years.
Professionalism helps.
Working with professionals.
Being one yourself.

We buy Final Draft so we are all now screen writers.
Its like the third most popular piece of software made.
Final Cut Pro makes us Martin Scorsese.
Illustrator makes us illustrators.
And Photoshop makes up photographers and pre press professionals.
None of it of course really true.

The amount of professionals it takes to run a book publishing house is vast
and varied there are important jobs to be done which can't be readily
imagined.
They're all very much needed to put out a book together such as the one I
have right at my left published by:

Little, Brown and Company
Bullfinch Press
Boston - Toronto - London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little,_Brown_and_Company
Which is called 

Ansel Adams
Examples
The making of 50 Photographs.

There is Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data


Some of the jobs available just today with these guys:
http://www.mediabistro.com/Book-Publishing-jobs.html
Book Publishing jobs

Marketing Project Manager
Assistant Literary Agent
Experienced Writer
Advertising & Promotions Coordinator
Graphic Designer
Jr Editor
Literary Assistant to CEO
Assistant Production Editor
Media Producer
Senior Financial Analyst - Scholastic
Project Manager
Publicist
Rights Coordinator
Senior Art Director Scholastic
Online Publicity Specialist

The result is a book which you buy in a bookstore and read about in the New
York Times Book review. Making you a published author. You get to be in the
Who's Who of Authors. Go on Johnny Carson. Sign your name a million times at
Borders and Nobles to lines of people who get there at 7 AM.
They just keep bringing you lattes.

There certainly is at least a hundred more categories of jobs in a book
publishing house not including first assistant assistant janitor.
Its all about some kind of crass recognition?
It's all about professionalism.



Mark William Rabiner



> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 11:07:12 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's Book List
> 
> There's the nub of it - recognition.
> 
> We just had Idol Danny Gokey lock up traffic around here for a day.
> Is he the best vocalist to ever come out of Milwaukee - Not by a long
> shot.
> But he's now the most recognized.
> 
> We have musicians here who have played and sung circles around this
> fellow for decades.
> 
> Recognition, in and of itself, does not determine "mastery."
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser