A great photo and their cover usage is outstanding. > From: kididdoc@xxxxxxx > To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [LRflex] Cover Photo: Things That Matter Now > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:36:00 -0700 > > 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 > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/