Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations Steve on your cover photo for the book. ?Very nice and well deserved. Gene ? -------------- Original message from Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>: -------------- > this is about a photo I took...(and about our photos in general...) > > David Sollard.... 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information