Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, Here is a lead if you are thinking about a sequel: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=837509 I'm not sure about the exact contact info, but I'd probably start with Montana. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 7:17 AM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] homage to kyle cassidy's Armed America > > >our copy of kyle cassidy's Armed America arrived today. > >a terrific book, and the first photo art book my kids > >have ever shown interest in. > > >http://www.shinozuka.org/20070707aa/ > > When I wrote my book proposal, one of the things I said was "I expect this > to be the first art book that many people buy." And I do think of this as > a gateway book. I hope that after people buy it, and enjoy looking at the > the photos, they'll pay attention when amazon.com recommends "based on > your buying habits, we think you might like:" -- Suburbia, or Teenagers in > Their Rooms, Passing Gass, or Mary Ellen Mark and that this one book might > lead to a photography book addiction. > > That was always my plan anyway. I do think that this book has the > potential to have a lot of overlapping markets. It may get some people > thinking about America, other people thinking about guns, other people > thinking about interior design, and still others thinking about > photography. > > I have high hopes. Thanks to everyone who's bought it and continues to > talk it up. Media (magazine reviews, newspapers, and the like) is being > held up until August 1 to make sure that it's on shelves in bookstores > when the publicity hits. My own local bookstore (barns and noble) is > filing it under "political science" rather than "art" -- go figure -- so > if you don't see it on the shelves where you're expecting to find it, go > ahead and ask. > > thanks again, > > kc > > on the edge of his seat waiting to break the News to the Lug -- but not > just yet! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information