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Are You Interested?
Are you interested in this photo book? We’re trying to get a good idea of the demand for this book. Here’s a few points to ponder:
- Price: about $80 or so.
- Photos/Photographers: There’s a list of them on the photographers page
- The Beauty: Each photo was chosen specifically for this issue’s theme, “Old”. These photographers are outstanding, and typically charge nothing to use their photos.
- The Cause: Each photographer will, for probably the first time, receive $1 per photo per book. The limited-run of printing only 50 books guarantees a rarity. The idea behind this project is to simply give credit and validation to these brilliant photographers.
- Sharing (The Story): These books will hopefully be a talking point around your coffee tables. Share the story of how these books were created and behind each photograph.
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If I had the money I’d definitely be interested. But for now, I’m interested in getting on that list of photographers!
Hah! Yes, see, that’s another great side effect to this all. I think it would be awesome to be a little more “people vote for the photos” in the future.
Thanks for the comment Brian. :)
I posted this at http://oblogn.com to help spread the word. I think it’s a cool idea. One of my buddies commented:
“I think it’s a great idea. I also think you could do a more specific topic. For example you could do one National Park, one city or area, metal, stone, orange, lights, reflections, life in a trailer park…”
He makes a great point here. The more narrowly focused you make this the more likely there are folks who will shell out $80. What I mean is topics can be: “San Diego”, “Sao Paolo”, etc. If you did a “Chapel Hill, NC” or “UNC” book I would be much more likely to buy than the topic “old”. More niche = more value to a smaller market.
Aaron/Roebot,
Thanks for conveying that suggestion. It’s brilliant and I think I’ll definitely try to do that if we sell out of this book (aka continue with the project).
I appreciate it. It’s great advice.
I’ll take 3 books for $150. Deal?
Definitely. :)