11/24/2005

Dead Books

It's pretty obvious that the next step in the never-ending (seemingly) quest to monetize the site (I picked up that word in a late-night info-mercial for accordian players) is to redo my Amazon book listings which are so out-of-date that half the stuff on my photo book page is out-of-print. I think the last time I updated that page (which I won't even tell you where it is) was in 1945. I guess in all the excitement about the end of the war - I just plumb forgot.

Anyway - it goes along the same lines as vendors that I use, i.e. I'll only list books that sit at my side constantly - and are covered with spilt soda and cigarette ash. Well, don't think I have the latest edition of any of these Photoshop books - they come out with a new one every time the product changes.

But I could do a bird's eye shot of my desk and surrounding area and you'll see 'em scattered around. The cat likes to sleep with his head on the Adobe Photoshop for Photographers book and gets p.o.'d when I need to look something up in it.

Anyway - I'm re-doing the Photography Book pages with comments about what I found useful. Page One has to be Ansel's page. Then I'm going on to my favorite photographer's autobiographies.