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The Rural Photographer Rises Again -- Forrest Holzapfel

Ethan Murrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Documentary, Porter Thayer, Marlboro College, 8"x10" Camera, Blurb, Viewfinder Camera, Historical Society, Photographs, Vermont, Marlboro, Vermont Folklife Center, Rural, Ethan Murrow, Forrest Holzapfel, Arts News
Ethan Murrow

Over the last ten years Holzapfel has systematically and inventively documented Marlboro, Vermont, through a wealth of photographs, recordings and writing.

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Scribd Launches Print-On-Demand Options

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magcloud, Blurb, Scribd, Books, Print-on-Demand, Pod, Self-Publishing, Mimeo, Books News

The online reading site Scribd (sometimes dubbed the YouTube for print) now offers writers a cutting edge new format for their Scribd writings: print ...

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Publishers, Remember The Blurb: Book Blurbs Have Huge Effect On Book Sales, Study Shows

The Bookseller | Victoria Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blurb, Book Jackets, Publishers, Book Marketing, Books, Readers, Bookstores, Book Publishing, Books News

Publishers are "missing a trick" by not perfecting blurbs on jackets despite the fact they are "commercially valuable", delegates were told at The Boo...

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What Will Your Book Be?

Eileen Gittins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writers, Publishing, Book Printing, Writing, Book Publishing, Authors, Bookstores, Photography, Self Publishing, Books, Blurb, Books News
Eileen Gittins

Capturing one's best images, thinking, learning and experiences in a book need no longer be something most people aspire to but never accomplish.

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Crowdsourcing Content and Demand: Andrew Sullivan's "View From Your Window" Book

Eileen Gittins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Photography Books, Andrew Sullivan, Blurb, Writing, Photographs, Bloggers, Books, Crowdsourcing, Self-Publishing, Books News
Eileen Gittins

For three years, Sullivan had been inviting his blog community to upload pictures of the view from their windows. He wanted to compile a selection of these images into a book that captures the breadth and width of the web.

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