On Jan 6, 2013, at 2:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Looking it seems doing a blurb book is cheaper than it once was. > > So just curious, because I've been thinking about it (Derby got me > thinking)... and wondering who has done it. Don't think I'd do it now, but I > could > bear it in mind for my shooting this coming year and then later compile > from several years. Or do that several years in a row, think about a book > while shooting. > > Have you ever done a photo book of your own photos? Yes, several. Two of my personal travel (Venice and Rome), two of church-organized trips to Costa Rica (about 80% my own images, 20% from others on the trips). I have also edited four others, one from my father-in-law's family slides from the early 50's, the others from special birthday parties and from my mother-in-law's 70th college reunion. > > > Are you thinking about it? Yes. Have made slow progress on another Costa Rica book, plan to re-visit my stash of images from Venice and Northern Italy. Have also thought about a "best of" nature book - birds, flowers, etc. > > > If you have done it, do you just give it to friends or do you sell it too? Mostly for myself, a few gifts for family. I sold 50+ of the first Costa Rica book to other participants and church members, 25+ of the 2nd one. > > > If you have sold, how many copies and/or how do you promote it? The sales were all to those with a personal involvement of some sort. Promotion through emails, church bulletins, and a display table in the church lobby. Prices set high enough that the "profits" allowed for purchase of an additional 5-6 books which went as gifts to hosts/friends in Costa Rica. > > > Thanks, Marnie aka Doe (Not thinking I'd sell it, myself, just curious. > BTW, PDML annual doesn't count, as that's everyone or everyone CAN be > included.) > FWIW, I have bought self-published books from others on PDML.
One thing to note in case you do ever decide to do one yourself: discount purchases. Not only does Blurb have discounts when you buy multiple copies, they occasionally have deals for additional 10-20% off on multiples. Plus, shipping cost for 10 copies is only slightly more than the cost for one book, so the per-copy shipping goes way down when ordering multiple copies. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
