Submission Deadline - May 31, 2008
Project Overview
Welcome to the Ibizan Photo Project. It is my hope that through this project a photo book of Ibizan Hounds will be completed as a reference for years to come, as well as a delightful book for show and tell. Complete with photos of as many Ibizans as possible, from all over the world, including champions and non-champions, living and deceased, puppies and adults. Captions will be including information such as registered name, call name, breeder, owner, date born, coat type, etc. If possible I would like to include a couple of full page photos of Ibizans hunting. Please look at the individual chapters for more information about content.
Please, dig out old photos of specialties, we could have a chapter perhaps on club events around the world. Those of you who have been to Sitges willing to contribute some photos?
There will be public votes on some photos, as the publishing company
I've chosen allows for photos to be full bleed (no margin, whole
page photos) and we can tuck a few full size photos in there.
Photos
to be considered for a full page must have a minimum dimension of
3264 x 2448.
Also, some chapters may have lots of submissions, but there
will be limited space to keep the final book at a reasonable cost,
so some photos like the Puppy, Hunting and Parting Thoughts
chapters may be voted on to keep the number of photos actually in
the book to a manageable amount.
Some ideas on cover art might be up in the air. Both soft and hardback options allow us to personalize the cover how we want it. We may be able to create two different covers and still get a bulk rate? I'll have to get back to this once the project is near complete and have an idea on how many books are to be ordered.
Please spread the word, I think this could be a good project for everyone. Pass along ideas, I'm open to anything. I am hoping that even if you are not considering purchasing a copy of the book that you would be willing to submit photos of your dog(s).
I have researched a likely candidate for publishing and have researched their software for creating this book. The company is Viovio, you can research them at http://www.viovio.com/ This publisher has good reviews and offers quality color printing and good prices. They offer bulk rates, but the actual extent of the bulk rate will not be known until a total number of books ordered is estimated. The only limitation of products is that we must use a product offered with photo silk paper. The software they use to generate the book is easy to use and manipulate so many options are available to us. The software will even let me chose different types of books and allow me to preview before printing so I can get the best layout and cheapest option. The 3 top options I have looked into are (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PRICES QUOTED ARE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PAGES AND WILL CHANGE BASED ON NUMBER OF PHOTOS SUBMITTED AND HAVE NOT BEEN ALTERED FOR BULK RATES):
Portfolio, Wire-O Layflat -- a 11x14 softcover, wire bound book in photo silk paper. At 100 pages, which could hold up to 4 pictures per page would be at about 400 pictures for $57.49
US Letter, Perfect Binding (Fullwrap Softcover), OR US Letter, Case Binding (Hardcover) -- an 8x10 book of which you can check out samples on their webpage. At 200 pages, with up to 4 photos per page could result in a nicely bound book with up to 800 photos for only $60-70 depending on whether hard or soft covers are chosen.
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