[Leica] Self Publishing (was re: The Yearbook)

[Robert Baron]

+.02 and I'll raise you .02.

Very Well Said.

--Bob

===On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 9:11 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug <
leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:

One of the advantages of self publishing is that you never get turned down.
> This is LEGITIMATE. As someone who’s self-published some things and
> traditionally published others, I can swear that it’s one actual advantage.
> But there are also disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is that volume
> provides discounts. Oh well. If we sent the LUG yearbook to TASCHEN they’d
> throw it in the waste paper basket and most likely not even bother to write
> us a rejection letter. If we publish it ourselves, we get the opportunity
> to put one on our shelves, show it to our friends and think fondly back to
> the year in photography. We’re not paying for A BOOK — we’re paying for OUR
> BOOK. The distinction is real and the LUG yearbook can’t be compared to
> some volume printed in the thousands or tends of thousands of copies. As
> the years pass, the cost of it will fade from memory; like many things that
> are durable. Was your washing machine $120 more than another one you
> considered? Who remembers now?
>
> If you want to see your photos and those of your friends, buy it. there
> are, literally, seriously, actually, Leica LENS CAPS that cost more than
> this. If you don’t want to see your photos on a printed page buy a Mary
> Ellen Mark book for $30 and enjoy it and don’t sweat the loss of the paper
> product.
>
> That’s my two cents.
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> kyle
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