This is post five in a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. From the mail bag: Dear Jim, Having followed your blog for quite some time, this is a topic I might actually be able to contribute something for the first time. I’ve been producing art books as a… [Read More]

This is post four in a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. There’s another decision that I have to make about the book. Do I want it printed with 10 micron or 20 micron plates? That probably doesn’t mean much to you. But, if you’ve got some inkjet experience,… [Read More]

This is post three in a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. In the 90s, when I was working at IBM as a color scientist with a special interest in color management, I worked with engineers from Kodak, Adobe, Xerox PARC, Apple, and hp on what we called in… [Read More]

This is post two in a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. I’m discovering that getting your first book published is a lot like building your first house. There are a lot of decisions to be made. You are unequipped to make those decisions, but if you don’t make… [Read More]

I’ve decided to do a book of the Staccato  images. Not a short-run Blurb book printed on an hp Indigo, but the real deal printed on an offset press. In the past, I’ve posted my experiences with processes that some photographers go through, like going to a meat-market print review, and there’s been what passes… [Read More]