What a headache. Literally. I plunged into InDesign. Great program, but of course I had to keep looking up lots of stuff. But I've got the basics down.
As I may have mentioned, I'm starting off with the simplest layout you can imagine - and I'm going to call the book and organize it into 7 "chapters." Each chapter will have a roman numeral to separate it from the others. What the 7 chapters mean - what these groupings mean - I'm not sure yet. It is like tossing down Tarot cards at this point.
The name: VII Photography Groupings
That is as obscure as you can get without leaving the title blank. I wonder whether there has ever been a book called, "untitled." Sort of like the "white album."
I've been reading as much of the Lulu.com stuff as I can. Some of the usual "my book looks horrible" in the discussions; and others very happy with the results. Talk about "what color space" is Lulu using with their printers etc. That seems a mystery.
I've already created a couple of test PDFs with sample pages - and of course they look great with the inkjet - but what they're going to look like from Lulu - time will tell. I decided that it doesn't make sense to order someone else's b&w book from Lulu because whether it looks good or bad, I won't know who to blame. I'm just going to have to take the plunge myself. And there is a proof mechanism (I'm pretty sure) where they send you a copy before you really print up a batch.
And even if I'm not happy with the result - I will have a hardcopy at the end of all this - man - I'm pessimistic. I do have a way of anticipating all the things that might go wrong. I suspect that is leftover from my computer days... No - can't blame it on computers - it began when I was about eight years old... Lot's of responsibility as a kid - that's what did it.
3 comments:
Dave,
Don't know of any books that were called "Untitled," but there's an album by that name. Sigur Ros's last album was "( )" which is just "Untitled" done in a more fancy way. Great, great music, very different than anything else.
Well, with "VII" somewhere in the book's "plat", as it were, I would start thinking it was a kind of goof on the Zone System.
And, speaking of working on one's own books, here's some interesting stuff from someone who has an established publisher, but did a lot of stuff himself:
http://bermangraphics.com/press/ralphgibson.htm
Shot me if I sent you this before. I still get a bit of a kick reading it.
Ouch...typos after midnight really slay me (especiall when I keep confusing the "Login and Publish" and "Preview" buttons). ;-)
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