Photo Book in need of a Publisher

[krabikrabi]

Apart from a single hard-copy in my possession, the coffee-table book of climbing photos from the Red exists only in the digital realm:

http://www.flickr.com/gp/7192877@N05/eyf9H5

I'm more than willing to work this into fund-raising project for the RRGCC, so if you know anyone in the professional photography publishing business...let me know.

[ynot]

I know I saw Yas's green climbing pants in there a couple times. On Morgan and Yas? The photography is outstanding. You caught the colors in the rock and the climber at cool perspectives. I hope you don't end up outsourcing like the hiker guy did his book.

[bcombs]

Scott,

Nancy's Dad still wants to do an interview with you on WUKY for his show. He also knows / interviewed John Snell. Maybe there would be some leads there. If nothing else, get on his show and promote how great climbers are for the RRG / DBNF.

I'll send you a PM with my number, give me a call and I'll get you guys connected.

Also, how the heck was Greece?

[tomdarch]

Thanks for sharing - lots of great images.

I don't know if you're looking for feedback or not, but to my tastes the best pages are the ones with a single strong image and either a black or white background (like most of your two page spreads), and the pages with more images and/or decorative backgrounds and/or image effects are the least strong. (Also, I know that there's medication that could help me with my problem, but the 'script' fonts are really distracting to me.)

You've got a lot of really strong images, I think you can trust them to stand on their own!

Here's and interesting article about one photographer's experience with a "private photography publisher":
http://luminous-landscape.com/essays/100-books.shtml

[dmw]

wow.

[Artsay]

If only I could, I would.

[Andrew]

You better publish this book, get your finger healed, and come back to kentucky. Not necessarily in that order.

[caribe]

We can (perhaps) add more pictures and a light text thread and use it for RRGCC fund raising. The fun we had at the PMRP makes is all worth it. The horse industry in Kentucky has done this successfully. I would like to see a version of this thing at Joe Beth and Barnes & Noble etc. nationwide. Even though book sales likely would not generate big revenue (too much over head etc), the publicity would generate revenue. The first few pages could be a light historical thread. The intervening pages could broach the question about why climb and offer reverence to Nature and conservation. The last few pages could summarize the successes and the plight of the RRGCC, followed by information regarding where to send your tax deducible donation and the possibility of advertising at the RRGCC site.

I believe we can win this thing hands down. Have you thought about the share of traffic that is climbing at the Red versus all other rec. Is it 50%? If it isn't it is damn near that. All of this started by a few adventurous crazies in the 70's and 80's, wow! I believe that a grassroots, nearly altruistic confederation of climbers, the RRGCC, with the help of this website, other climbing organizations, gear manufacturers and the like can buy the PMRP and more! We are at the tipping point

Before it sounds like I am telling Scott what to do with his book, let me tell the reader that Scott and I had long conversations about this and he is open to these kind of ideas and better ideas than this one. There is always a better idea.

[caribe]

I forgot to say, if it all collapses and all you can plan to do is print a few more copies, sign me up. I will pay in advance.

[JeffCastro]

Have you thought about writing a grant to pay for publishing? I know someone who is successfully publishing a book that way.

Count me in with Art, if everything else falls through I will pay in advance for a copy.

JK