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Subject: [Leica] Finally! My Iraq photo book is done
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:18:55 -0500
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Nathan,
The cost of this book through blurb would be either about $80 for a
10x8" or more than twice that for a 13x11". It's a niche book that may
not appeal to a wide audience though I certainly want it to sell and
those prices seemed quite high for on-demand printing. If I use a
different printing service and print a run of 30 copies of the 10x8 I
can drop the price significantly.

Phil Forrest



On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:56:54 +0100
Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Looks great, Phil. But I don't understand your comment about Blurb
> being prohibitively expensive. If not Blurb, then what is the
> printing service that you want to use?
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> 
> 
> YNWA
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 15, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Phil Forrest wrote:
> 
> > As many here know, I was an independent duty combat photographer in
> > the US Navy attached to NMCB-4 (Hoorah Seabees!) from 2003-2005. In
> > August of 2004 I deployed with the 'Bees to Fallujah, Iraq and
> > worked to show the infrastructure work the battalion was doing. We
> > worked with the deployed battalions of the 1st Marine Division as
> > well as US Army combat engineers among others. I was in-country
> > from August, 2004 until the first week of January, 2005.
> > 
> > This last few months I have been working on compiling a book of
> > photos that I took with my Leicas while there (my work camera was a
> > Nikon D2h.) It's finally done and I'm putting this out to hopefully
> > generate a buzz to get a sense of the viability of doing a first
> > print run of at least 30 copies. As the book is 166 pages, the
> > single-print cost on Blurb.com is prohibitive for the would-be
> > buyer and I don't want to price the book out of reach.
> > 
> > So here it is:
> > http://issuu.com/phil_forrest/docs/fallujah_a_photographers_perspective
> > 
> > Feel free to let me know what you think of it and next week I think
> > I'm going to begin taking orders.
> > 
> > Thanks all!
> > Phil Forrest
> > 
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