Talking Cuba and Cyanotypes with Photographer Allan Jenkins
What was the idea behind creating the Organic Photography Notebook?The Organic Photography Notebook started with a series of sketchbooks that I kept adding images and tests to. The notebooks were a...
View ArticleThe Marvelous World and Books of Arthur Tress
Where are you drawing inspiration from currently?I have a large collection of art and photography books that I read while eating or leave open to different pages around my house and studio and glance...
View ArticleTaking ebooks to town (or the country): An interview with Artist Jeff Frost
Blurb: Photographer? Videographer? Installation artist? How would you describe what you do?Jeff:It depends on the project, but generally speaking I would describe what I do as a hideous compulsion...
View ArticleTravel is Their Business and Books are Their Bag— Meet Two of Blurb's Travel...
Mitchell Thompson, author ofA Beginner's Guide To JapanA love of Japan, design, and books is what prompted Mitchell Thompson to create the wonderful A Beginner’s Guide To Japan.Blurb: When did you...
View ArticleBlurb to Amazon— Sell your book on Amazon.com
What’s the most exciting thing about authors being able to sell their books through Amazon.com?Setting up Blurb books to be available on Amazon.com couldn’t be easier. Once authors have uploaded their...
View ArticleBlog to book: An interview with Alder Yarrow
Here’s what he has to say about himself. “Alder regularly speaks and presents at wine events around the world including Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood in Napa Valley and the Aspen...
View ArticleHow to get from story to book—a sit-down with the Founders of Authoright
Their offices—located in both London and New York— feature a group of happy and hungry employees who seem to be at work on books of all kinds. Their offices physically see 400 authors a year—and those...
View ArticleWhy you need to think about marketing now—before you’ve even written your book
"Who reads books like these? Men? Women? Both? What are their ages, incomes, and other interests? Where are they found online? Which social networks do they use? What sort of ancillary media—blog...
View ArticleThe pressing issue of how to print your book: Print on demand or offset
BudgetEven if you haven’t figured out how many copies you want to print, you probably have a good idea of what your initial budget is. If this is your first foray into self-publishing and you just want...
View ArticleMaking architecture books (and opening doors) with London-based architect...
First, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?My name is Terry Jackson. I’m an architecture and design graduate from England. This book was created to show my final project work for not just my...
View ArticleSinging The Magazine Eclectic: An interview with Anniina Mäkelä of Eclectic...
First of all, tell us a little bit about yourself and a little about your background in publishing. What was the transition like from Finland to Paris?My background is in Marketing, but I quickly fell...
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Making a great travel book: A virtual roundtable of travel photographers
We asked four photographers for tips—a pretty international group, representing the United States, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Thailand. We asked them about the books they made, the cameras they...
View ArticleFood photography, elevated: An interview with Paul Lowe of Sweet Paul...
What’s your workflow? When you’re shooting, what angles do you look for?Paul: Whatever makes your food look best. Look at the plate of food in different angles and turn it around to see what's best....
View ArticleBring a story to life: Tips and tricks from a talented illustrator
The story's topic is obviously sensitive. What made you want to tell this story?Savannah has a brother named Jackson. He's five years old. He loves Savannah dearly. How do you explain to him that...
View ArticleStyle and glamour in a beautiful book: An interview with interior designer...
First please, tell us a little about yourself. What’s your design background?
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Bakers who self-publish with Blurb
So how long have you been baking?Katie Drummond: I've always loved baking, but I started doing it more often after we got a stand mixer as a wedding gift a couple of years ago. We keep the mixer on the...
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Blurb and the rise of self-publishing: An interview with CEO and Founder...
I love, love, love talking to people about their books. I also love hearing their stories—what brought them to create this particular title, what did they have to overcome to get it done, what does...
View ArticleBuilding a rocking brand with Blurb and Kickstarter: An interview with John...
Scarpati was the house photographer for the Sunset Strip of the 1980s, the era of indulgence and tangible allure (at the time intimate bedfellows) bred in West Hollywood that didn’t really end until...
View ArticleThe future of self-publishing: An interview with Karen Mender and Diane Mancher
First, Karen Mender...
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