I setup a Self-publishing section in the Forum so I can keep track of the Lulu publishing saga.
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I setup my Lulu store: there ain't nothin' for sale there yet - but it won't be long now:
Click here to take a peek.
First product is going to be NEW YORK NIGHT - 2006
Then I'm definitely going to do one of the Mermaid Day Parade
And then a political calendar - NEW YORK PROTESTS
Lester suggested that I do a preliminary calendar based on the book we're writing together: THE 11TH MAN with pictures and quotes from same. At the rate I'm going you may have a calendar and no book. I guess that would be your pre-product publicity.
It really is sort of fun - and gives me a feeling of another avenue of expression opening up.
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Update: from what I can figure out - Lulu is using a Xerox iGen 3 printer for color work. There are all sorts of threads on Lulu about color management, but most seem to recommend sRGB which seems odd given a narrower gamut - but what do I know about gamuts. Not that much right now but I'm going to find out. It would be kind of cool if the Calendar was printed on the iGen 3 since I could begin to make adjustments in my workflow that I could use later on for the book publishing part. The one thing I can say for sure, after reading numerous Lulu threads, is that for the book - you definitely want 4-color output (yes, even for b&w pictures unless you don't care what they look like).
Nowhere, have I read that you should actually use CMYK mode for the images on your end - they want some form of RGB. The actual amount of color management info they give that comes straight from Lulu seems limited. The boards are filled up with people doing various Lulu color tests. Some saying that they've gotten good results; others disappointed. Oh, whatever. Right now I don't see any other alternative.
3 comments:
I think that blogger is still futzing with the moderated comment business; so I went back to only registered users.
Craig - No. (Catalogs, Books, Calendars) but not images. You can however upload your digital files and maybe let people download (for a price - for a price) them.
Heath: I looked around once for their printing method - but don't remember now what it is - and whether it's different for calendars - but I'll find out.
I'm spending a good part of the day choosing the pictures. It's not as easy as it seems at first - hey what's 12 images; but I'm trying to get 12 night images that evoke the various seasons to some extent. Almost there, I just need one that evokes: August : Night : New York.
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