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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: ComfortEagle2095 on January 07, 2012, 12:37
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I am curious if anyone has had any experience publishing photo ebooks (epublishing) for sale through Amazon or other such outlets.
I have a fine art project I've been working on just for fun. The photos aren't commercial and probably would never sell as microstock but I think the project is turning out well from an artistic perspective.
Also, I don't want to try to sell them individually. The images are intended to tell a kind of story and I'll combine them with prose and poetry to form a kind of story. If you ever saw the book "Cowboy Kate" by Sam Haskins, that's a good example of what I had in mind (although my photographs and narrative are in a completely different style).
Not having a famous name or reputation I doubt I can get a publishing house to print the book but I would like to get it out there. I thought perhaps I could epublish it as a photo ebook and sell it for some nominal amount, just to try to get some compensation for my time. If it turned out to be popular, maybe I could get some publishing house interested in it or another similar project.
Any stories, tips, etc.?
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I don't think I would pay for an e-book. I had this conversation with someone else, I would only want a coffee table book but the price would limit it.
Here's a couple links
Blurb http://www.blurb.com/my/seller/info (http://www.blurb.com/my/seller/info)
Blurb also runs this contest that you would have to enter if they have it in 2012 http://photographybooknow.blurb.com/ (http://photographybooknow.blurb.com/)
Magcloud http://www.magcloud.com/help/HowToPublish (http://www.magcloud.com/help/HowToPublish)
http://www.smashwords.com/ (http://www.smashwords.com/) more of a "words" ebook distributor but they send to Kindle, Kobo, Barnes & Noble etc.
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I've been thinking about the self-publishing route also. The prices have been coming down substantially for small quantity (5-20) runs but IMHO are still way more than the market will pay for non-famous artists. But the coffee table copies for personal use are a great idea. My daughters do a book every year with family photos and they are very well printed and look as good as if printed by a major publishing house. I think they do it through Apple. Very impressive. It helps that their photography skills, and cameras, are far higher quality than most non-professionals. Still, they're paying $50+ for the books although the page count has a lot to do with it. I've found lots of epublishers. Blurb and A & I Books are two that seem to have lots to offer. I have a 25 image project that would be perfect for coffee table use if I could ever finish tweaking them.
One good reason to print a few book copies is to show at art shows. It helps to establish some additional "gravitas" to your displays. Might even sell a copy.
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This isn't ebook and I've never printed a book, but considered it. This company had a Rep. that stayed at the hotel when I worked there. He offered me $10,000 to shoot a project. When I figured out how long it would take and the travel, it wasn't enough. But still they look like someone who's been around awhile. I think it's a self publisher which may actually do some marketing, but I'd only say, self publishing for sure.
http://www.donning.com/home.html (http://www.donning.com/home.html)
Donning Company Publishers.