World famous ImAFish has signed its first book deal off the back of the hugely sucessful Travel Photography book. The deal worth around £1 million covers the next four books:
*Please note this was an April Fool!
A new website has been launched with some of the scariest video clips to be found on the Internet! Scary Video Clips will certainly give you a fright with its library of clips on ghosts, aliens, paranormal activity, exorcism, spirits and zombies.
The internet has been calling out for a good library of scary video clips and finally a site has filled this spot. The makers of the site warn that anyone easily scared should not visit this site as its not for the faint hearted! "Our range of Alien autopsy clips are especially gory and gruesome" claimed site manager and horror enthusiast Pete White.
The site encourages users to submit comments especially if the scare factor is high.
www.ScaryVideoClips.org officially launches on April 1st 2010.
Here are a selection of photos from my recent trip to Edinburgh. The complete set can be found on Flickr.
Wind turbines.
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Cathedral
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh castle at night - a personal favorite.
Cathedral at night
Me playing with some long exposure:
Cathedral from a different angle.
Parts of the old buildings in the city.
It's been a great week for our first book Travel Photography with the local media going crazy over it! We've been featured in our local paper the Shropshire Star and on local news website Shropshire Live.
Heres the story from the Shropshire Star.
The Book featured on Shropshire Live:
Read full story on Shropshire Live.
Travel Photography is available in print (£12.95) or digital download (£5.95) from the ImAFish Shop!
After the publication of my book last week I've had a number of questions about how I went about getting it published. I'm using a print on demand service - therefore the book is only printed when ordered and no stock is held. This is great for smaller projects such as my Travel Photography book however the print cost per copy is higher as you cannot benefit from economies of scale. There are two major players in the print on demand market, Lulu and Blurb.
Lulu offers a number of print on demand products including books, calendars, photo books and cook books. What Lulu provided over Blurb was a free ISBN number meaning that people could buy your book through shops such as Waterstones, WH Smiths and Amazon.
My problems with Lulu started when trying to upload my book. I had designed it using Apple's Pages application however Lulu did not support PDF's created this way (as far as I'm aware Lulu won't accept any PDF's created through Quartz based applications - even if the PDF is created through Adobe's Acrobat distiller, it is something to do with the way fonts are embedded into the PDF). I ended up uploading a 1.8 gig postscript file rather than a 300mb PDF to be able to print through Lulu.
When the proof arrived the print quality was poor, some parts were my fault for not adding images at a high enough resolution however ultimately it looked like it had been printed through an ink jet printer on the draft settings. Lulu do have another service just for photo book printing however this was a lot more expensive.
I was originally recommended Blurb over Lulu because of the print quality issues however the extra options (such as an ISBN number) provided by Lulu were enough to convince me to try them first. Blurb have created their own book creation software called Book Smart however there was no easy way to import between Apple's Pages and Book Smart so I ended up recreating the book using this software. This was good in many ways as it solved many of the resolution/DPI issues I had with Lulu. Book Smart also handles all of the conversion/uploading when it comes to publishing the book.
Blurb like Lulu allows you to set your own price for selling a book however they offer no free ISBN number and no way to sell your book as an eBook. Annoyingly there is no way to print from Book Smart without Blurbs 'this is a proof copy' message all over the PDF. Therefore for the eBook version I sell on ImAFish I've had to go back to my original copy created in Apple's Pages.
Prices between Lulu and Blurb are very similar, my book costs almost the same between Lulu and Blurb (though the Blurb book is a couple of cm smaller). Both allow for sales in UK Pounds, Euros and US Dollars and ship worldwide.
If you are creating a text heavy book such as a novel then Lulu's extra features such as an ISBN number are a clear winner. If you are creating a portfolio or photography book then Blurb's superior print quality is much better however if you are like me stuck in the middle between creating a photo heavy based book targeted at a wide audience then its a simple decision between quality and audience - I chose quality.
Travel Photography - our great new book is now available as a digital download to read on your computer or eBook reader.
At the bargain price of £5.95 the PDF instant download is a great way to read the book.
Want to find out more about Travel Photography - then read the first 15 pages for free!
Over the past couple of months I've been busy writing my first book, finally today it is available to purchase in print through Blurb (Digital download will be available soon).
The book is a collection of a number of places I've visited over the past decade. It is perfect for anyone looking to be inspired and amazed at what different areas of the world have to offer.
The book covers a number of destinations throughout the world including Las Vegas (Above) and Los Angeles (below).
A preview of the first 15 pages of the book is available.
A number of European destinations are beautifully displayed. Every photo included in the book has been taken on my camera.
You can purchase Travel Photography for £12.95 in paperback (Credit cards and PayPal accepted - all payments processed through Blurb).
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