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Subject: [Leica] Cover Photo: Things That Matter Now
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Wed Feb 25 18:29:09 2009

 
Congratulations Steve on your cover photo for the book. ?Very nice and well 
deserved.


Gene


? -------------- Original message from Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>: 
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> 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
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