[LRflex] Re: Cover Photo: Things That Matter Now

The cover is stunning!!!

Miha

2009/2/26 Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard@xxxxxxxx>

> Hi Steve,
>
> I remembered the photo well. Excellent!
> Now the cover makes nice use of the available space while presrving it.
> Superb job.
>
> Congratulations again.
> Amitiés
> Phili^^e
>
> PS: You never know; did Tikwa's master sign a release for you to shoot and
> use it ?  ;-)
>
>
>
>
> Steve Barbour wrote:
>
> this is about a photo I took...(and about our photos in general...)
>>
>> David Sollard.... Leica user, and Editor at Frontenac House writes...
>>
>> "Frontenac House is a Canadian literary publisher specializing in  poetry
>> books.  We are constantly looking for thought-provoking  photographs to use
>> as cover illustrations for our books. We frequently  look through postings
>> on the LUG and the LRflex list – photographs on  those lists are often more
>> original, and less stereotyped, than the  typical offerings from stock
>> agencies.
>>
>> Our philosophy is that a cover image must satisfy two requirements: it
>>  must catch the eye, so that a customer will notice the book in the  midst
>> of a shelf-full of competing titles, and then pick it up to look  at it; and
>> it must be a metaphor in some way for the content of the  book. Steve
>> Barbour’s photograph “Tikwame” served both purposes  perfectly for our book
>> Things that Matter Now.  The picture is really  eye-catching and startling
>> (we’ve watched customers deliberately  reaching for the book and picking it
>> up), and the visual enigma of the  image fits a couple of the poems in the
>> book so closely we almost  wondered if Steve had been reading the manuscript
>> in advance when he  took the picture.
>>
>> We’ve been really gratified with the response we’ve been getting–  without
>> any prompting from us, several readers have commented on how  well the cover
>> image suited the contents.  This sort of feedback is  really exciting, and
>> is one of the main reasons we love publishing  books.
>>
>> Things that Matter Now retails for $15.95 Canadian. If any persons on  the
>> LUG or LRflex lists would like to purchase copies, we’d be pleased  to
>> extend our “Best Customer” discount. For Canadian customers, this  works out
>> to $10.00 Cdn. per copy including shipping and GST. For U.S.  customers, the
>> cost is $10.00 in U.S. currency including shipping.  Please indicate
>> “LUG/LRflex order”. Ordering information is on our  website,
>> www.frontenachouse.com. "
>>
>> the image...
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/tikwamefweb.jpg.html
>>
>> the cover...
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/ThingsThatMatterNow.jpg.html
>>
>> many thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
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