Comments on: Photo Book Publishers

By: Harry Connolly

Harry Connolly — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:57:54 +0000

Power House has a $250 submission fee??? Sounds like they need the money as much as or more than the photographer.

By: johnny rogers

johnny rogers — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:03:09 +0000

thanks so much all of you for the powerful info, I’ve self published a fine art book on blurb but not so happy with the results; now, I’ve no idea what to do with another project,namely, erotica: shot in europe during the past 10 years and thinking about putting it together.

Does anyone have a list of erotica publishers handy? European and outside the USA would also be helpful, thanks in advance!

johnny

By: ruth Stockwell

ruth Stockwell — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:51:28 +0000

ovrer the years i have taken a lots of flowers photos and animeals and i might add rather unusual flowers. i would like to make a calender year of flowers. place mats, costers, cards, magazins and the list go on. i don’t have a clue how to get started. i would like to find a publisher who deals with this sort of things. i don’t think i can do it alon. i would appreciat very much if you can give me some direction.

thank you

with positive thougts

By: chatterbox

chatterbox — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:28:24 +0000

How clever of Mr Power, to entitle his lecture ‘The Death of the Photo Book’ on Thursday May 14 at the NY Photo Festival, that he created. In front of his bemused staff and a resentful audience he pontificated for a very short time on the subject and announced his intention to make authors pay him to produce their books in ’boutique’ editions of 50, which if they sell he would then perhaps publish in a larger number.

It is ironic that Mr Power,CEO of PowerHouse Books and the creator of the beast: a publishing company that rarely pays it’s authors’ royalties (most do not even bother to ask for them) would publicly stab the same beast, perhaps to finish it off before he declares bankruptcy? thereby avoiding any avenging authors’s future audits of the books, legal demands for advances not paid and royalty statements never produced.

Afterwards at the well attended festival opening party the overworked PowerHouse staff, many of whom are now taking a pay cut and working less hours, mingled with disgruntled authors. Fans of their wonderful books made purchases while the authors gamely mingled and signed books knowing they will never see their share of the sales.

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Photography & Writing, Professional & Personal » Grab Shots — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:17:14 +0000

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By: Paul Treacy

Paul Treacy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:06:51 +0000

My link above is broken. Please see,

http://www.lulu.com/content/5162138

Thank you.
Paul Treacy.

http://photohumourist.com

By: Paul Treacy

Paul Treacy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:02:21 +0000

You might want to include a couple of print on demand facilities too as this is a great new way for photographers to put out quality books.

I’m thinking of http://www.blurb.com and http://www.lulu.com as two fine examples.

Here’s my latest at Lulu which I think is a gem,
lulu.com/content/5162138

Unfortunately, I have to take care of all the distribution myself.

I’ve had some interest from publishers with this material but chose to try and do it myself to maintain complete control over edit and layout design. If you prep your files rights the results can be astonishingly good.

Thanks for your time.

Paul Treacy
photohumourist

By: China

China — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:20:50 +0000

For photo books relating to Asia, here are a few respectable publishing houses located in Hong Kong and Mainland China:

Blacksmith Books in Hong Kong (who recently published the phenomenal 640-page photobook CHINA: Portrait of a People):
http://www.blacksmithbooks.com/9789889979942.htm

FLP (Foreign Languages Press) in Beijing is China’s largest state-run press, and have an English division, including photobooks:
http://www.flp.com.cn/main/

Timezone 8 in Beijing have a massive catalogue of photography and illustrated art books:
http://www.timezone8.com/osc/

By: Balazs Pataki

Balazs Pataki — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:23:01 +0000

This was incredibly helpful. Through your post, I’ve found Power House Books and just received something that looks like a favourable reply to my portfolio submission.

Many many thanks.

Balazs

By: Allison Kramer

Allison Kramer — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:30:17 +0000

Thank you so much for this information. I can’t even tell you how helpful it is.

Allison

By: RR79

RR79 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:51 +0000

I’d always suggest looking at http://www.thamesandhudson.com as they specialise in visual arts publishing, and always have a really strong selection of photographic and art books

By: Stefan Falke

Stefan Falke — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:58:54 +0000

My own first book, the result of a long term photo documentary about a stilt walking school in Trinidad titled ‘MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirit of Trinidad’, was published by the small New York based publisher Pointed Leaf Press.
http://www.pointedleafpress.com/
http://www.stefanfalke.com/2008/05/11/the-moko-jumbies-book/

By: Aaron Fallon

Aaron Fallon — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:52:36 +0000

There’s also Viggo Montensen’s company Perceval Press. http://www.percevalpress.com/

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:07:36 +0000

@ 10. Tomé: I’d make a post on self published book but I don’t think theres much out there besides Blurb and http://www.my100books.com/ that’s worth looking at.

By: Jim Hand-Cukierman

Jim Hand-Cukierman — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:46:41 +0000

Just another suggestion: Foil in Tokyo publishes some very interesting stuff.

http://www.foiltokyo.com/english/indexeg.html

By: tomé

tomé — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:25:54 +0000

(steidl all the way)

now what I would be REALLY looking forward to se is a list of self-publishing, self-made-photobook resources.

By: Hee Jin

Hee Jin — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:36:32 +0000

Also Jason Fulford publishes small-run artists’ books that are very good: http://www.jandlbooks.org/

By: Photo Book Resources « JoshuaCreative

Photo Book Resources « JoshuaCreative — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:11:45 +0000

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By: Ken Ponzio

Ken Ponzio — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:57:10 +0000

May I suggest “Hatje Cantz” ? I think they are phenomenal.
http://www.hatjecantz.de/en_index.php

Best regards,

Ken Ponzio

By: chris kargotis

chris kargotis — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:52:59 +0000

Ive taken these from the 2008 Leica European Publishers Awards For Photography:

Apeiron, Greece
Lunwerg Editores, Spain
Pelite Associati, Italy
Mets & Schilt, The Netherlands
Editions Braus, Germany

By: john mcd.

john mcd. — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:52:23 +0000

Schaden.com in germany

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:52:08 +0000

…as has scalo. from the uk, chris boot and trolley should be there too, and it would great to have some non-Anglo suggestions too

By: Johann Gutenberg

Johann Gutenberg — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:28:49 +0000

Where do university presses fit into this equation? Aren’t they always looking for a fitting, appropriate printing project for their own learning, and to enhance their professor’s resumes? I’ve seen several photo books by “University of _____ Press”. Always seemed like a great fit to me; win/win.

By: rolo

rolo — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:22:03 +0000

Sadly, Arena Editions has been gone for a number of years.

By: Stella Kalaw

Stella Kalaw — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:55:48 +0000

Photoeye.com has a Publisher’s Showcase section which I think will be a great resource for your research:
http://photoeye.com/templates/PubShowCase_home.cfm

By: chris kargotis

chris kargotis — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:27:32 +0000

Thank you for that, presented in a most helpful way.

I can think of Dewi Lewis Publishing as well.