Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[Bruce Walker]

Both the creation of your book and the typeface you used for it are
great stories. Thank you for them, Mark.


On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> mike wilson wrote:
>
>>There are much, much worse things to spend the money on.
>
> That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and
> I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00
> including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some
> minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total
> cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book
> like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience
> standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or
> software I could have bought for that amount.
>
> Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font
> specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this
> typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story:
> http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves
> http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182
>
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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[ann sanfedele]

guess you won't be doing an E book :-)

I like the subway one and Darwin the best of what we are allowed tosee 
of the 44 in the portfolio...  but I imagine I've seen most all of them 
somewhere anyway.



Good on ya - it must have been fun

ann


On 12/1/2016 2:08 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for
people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way,
doing my own prints and everything and getting some kind of album or
box to put them in. But it just seemed like a hell of a lot of work
(and expense). So I decided to make a large Blurb book just for
myself. It's big (12" x 12") and printed on the most expensive paper
Blurb offers could order and with the most deluxe options available
(ImageWrap hardcover, special end papers, etc.). But, hey, if anyone
wants one... it can be yours for $250.00!
http://www.blurb.com/b/7563487-time-exposure
  



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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[Mark Roberts]

mike wilson wrote:

>> On 02 December 2016 at 21:59 Mark Roberts  wrote:
>> 
>> mike wilson wrote:
>> 
>> >There are much, much worse things to spend the money on.
>> 
>> That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and
>> I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00
>> including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some
>> minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total
>> cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book
>> like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience
>> standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or
>> software I could have bought for that amount.
>> 
>> Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font
>> specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this
>> typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story:
>> http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves
>> http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182
>
>I'm surprised any of the punches survived; either rust or the acid anaerobic
>conditions in the mud should have eroded them beyond use.

In fact, they only recovered about 150 pieces (out of approximately a
ton of what was dumped). That's a pretty small percentage.

here's another article with some video:
http://www.typespec.co.uk/recovering-the-doves-type/

 
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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[mike wilson]

> On 04 December 2016 at 21:05 John  wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/4/2016 11:26 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> >> On 02 December 2016 at 21:59 Mark Roberts 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> mike wilson wrote:
> >>
> >>> There are much, much worse things to spend the money on.
> >>
> >> That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and
> >> I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00
> >> including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some
> >> minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total
> >> cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book
> >> like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience
> >> standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or
> >> software I could have bought for that amount.
> >>
> >> Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font
> >> specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this
> >> typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story:
> >> http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves
> >> http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182
> >
> > I'm surprised any of the punches survived; either rust or the acid anaerobic
> > conditions in the mud should have eroded them beyond use.
> >
> 
> Did any of the punches survive? In the images shown, it looked to me
> like all they recovered were typeface slugs.

Re-reading the Gizmodo piece, I think they are confusing punches with type
slugs.

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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[John]

On 12/4/2016 11:26 AM, mike wilson wrote:

On 02 December 2016 at 21:59 Mark Roberts  wrote:


mike wilson wrote:


There are much, much worse things to spend the money on.


That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and
I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00
including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some
minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total
cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book
like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience
standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or
software I could have bought for that amount.

Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font
specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this
typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story:
http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves
http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182


I'm surprised any of the punches survived; either rust or the acid anaerobic
conditions in the mud should have eroded them beyond use.



Did any of the punches survive? In the images shown, it looked to me
like all they recovered were typeface slugs.

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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[mike wilson]

> On 02 December 2016 at 21:59 Mark Roberts  wrote:
> 
> 
> mike wilson wrote:
> 
> >There are much, much worse things to spend the money on.
> 
> That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and
> I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00
> including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some
> minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total
> cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book
> like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience
> standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or
> software I could have bought for that amount.
> 
> Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font
> specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this
> typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story:
> http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves
> http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182

I'm surprised any of the punches survived; either rust or the acid anaerobic
conditions in the mud should have eroded them beyond use.

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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[Bob W-PDML]

I think we had a drink in the Dove many years ago when Boris was over here. 
Next time you and Lisa are over it would be an apposite place to get together.

B

> On 2 Dec 2016, at 22:00, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> 
> mike wilson wrote:
> 
>> There are much, much worse things to spend the money on.
> 
> That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and
> I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00
> including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some
> minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total
> cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book
> like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience
> standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or
> software I could have bought for that amount.
> 
> Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font
> specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this
> typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story:
> http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves
> http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182
> 
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> www.robertstech.com
> 
> 
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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[Mark Roberts]

mike wilson wrote:

>There are much, much worse things to spend the money on.

That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and
I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00
including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some
minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total
cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book
like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience
standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or
software I could have bought for that amount.

Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font
specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this
typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story:
http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves
http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182
 
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RE: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[Malcolm Smith]

Mark Roberts wrote:

OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for
people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way, doing
my own prints and everything and getting some kind of album or box to put
them in. But it just seemed like a hell of a lot of work (and expense). So I
decided to make a large Blurb book just for myself. It's big (12" x 12") and
printed on the most expensive paper Blurb offers could order and with the
most deluxe options available (ImageWrap hardcover, special end papers,
etc.). But, hey, if anyone wants one... it can be yours for $250.00!
http://www.blurb.com/b/7563487-time-exposure
+

A fantastic piece of work.

Malcolm


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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[mike wilson]

There are muc, much worse things to spend the money on.

> On 01 December 2016 at 19:08 Mark Roberts  wrote:
> 
> 
> OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for
> people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way,
> doing my own prints and everything and getting some kind of album or
> box to put them in. But it just seemed like a hell of a lot of work
> (and expense). So I decided to make a large Blurb book just for
> myself. It's big (12" x 12") and printed on the most expensive paper
> Blurb offers could order and with the most deluxe options available
> (ImageWrap hardcover, special end papers, etc.). But, hey, if anyone
> wants one... it can be yours for $250.00!
> http://www.blurb.com/b/7563487-time-exposure
>  
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> www.robertstech.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

[Jack Davis]

Like the title: Time Exposure

J

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> On Dec 1, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> 
> OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for
> people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way,
> doing my own prints and everything and getting some kind of album or
> box to put them in. But it just seemed like a hell of a lot of work
> (and expense). So I decided to make a large Blurb book just for
> myself. It's big (12" x 12") and printed on the most expensive paper
> Blurb offers could order and with the most deluxe options available
> (ImageWrap hardcover, special end papers, etc.). But, hey, if anyone
> wants one... it can be yours for $250.00!
> http://www.blurb.com/b/7563487-time-exposure
> 
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> www.robertstech.com
> 
> 
> 
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