[Leica] Nathan's Book List

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Of course I have no problem with including any book on your book list I just
said your blurring the line calling people who do blurb books "authors".
I think it does not service to the real authors on your list.
And doesn't really compliment the self publishing people either as the whole
thing becomes meaningless.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:24:30 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's Book List
> 
> Hi Leon,
> 
> My listing is limited to photography books, for a couple of reasons:
> first, this is a photography list, and second, many LUGgers are active
> in various worthy endeavors that have nothing to do with photography,
> and if I were to attempt to track and list their publications in other
> fields, the listing would quickly become unwieldy.
> 
> And to Mark: of course there is a difference between "real" publishing
> (like Kyle's gun book or Ted's medicine books) and self-publishing via
> Blurb and similar services, but both are valid and very worthwhile
> works are self-published these days, with Ted's latest book a good
> example. I own a large number of photography books, published both
> ways, and I have to say that many of the self-published books are AT
> LEAST on par with the stuff put out by traditional publishing houses.
> 
> Like so many other fields, the world of publishing has been profoundly
> changed by the Internet. This is analogous to the world of music,
> where many performers now skip the traditional record companies
> altogether and publish their music on their own web sites. This is
> done not just by new and unknown bands, but also by some established
> names.
> 
> Therefore, I am happy to include any photography book in my listing,
> regardless of how it has been published, as long as it is available
> for sale.