Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> this is about a photo I took...(and about our photos in general...) > > David Scollard.... Leica user, and Editor at Frontenac House writes... > > "Frontenac House is a Canadian literary publisher specializing in > poetry books. We are constantly looking for thought-provoking > photographs to use as cover illustrations for our books. We > frequently look through postings on the LUG and the LRflex list ? > photographs on those lists are often more original, and less > stereotyped, than the typical offerings from stock agencies. > > Our philosophy is that a cover image must satisfy two requirements: > it must catch the eye, so that a customer will notice the book in > the midst of a shelf-full of competing titles, and then pick it up > to look at it; and it must be a metaphor in some way for the content > of the book. Steve Barbour?s photograph ?Tikwame? served both > purposes perfectly for our book Things that Matter Now. The picture > is really eye-catching and startling (we?ve watched customers > deliberately reaching for the book and picking it up), and the > visual enigma of the image fits a couple of the poems in the book so > closely we almost wondered if Steve had been reading the manuscript > in advance when he took the picture. > > We?ve been really gratified with the response we?ve been getting? > without any prompting from us, several readers have commented on how > well the cover image suited the contents. This sort of feedback is > really exciting, and is one of the main reasons we love publishing > books. > > Things that Matter Now retails for $15.95 Canadian. If any persons > on the LUG or LRflex lists would like to purchase copies, we?d be > pleased to extend our ?Best Customer? discount. For Canadian > customers, this works out to $10.00 Cdn. per copy including shipping > and GST. For U.S. customers, the cost is $10.00 in U.S. currency > including shipping. Please indicate ?LUG/LRflex order?. Ordering > information is on our website, www.frontenachouse.com. " > > the image... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/tikwamefweb.jpg.html > > the cover... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/ThingsThatMatterNow.jpg.html > > many thanks, > > Steve