Introducing Charlie and Herbie, bespoke letterpresses. If you aren’t careful looks like they could both take your arm off. They breed them tough in Queensland. These are my kind of machines.
Publish or Die
Book-making, self-publishing & digital photo books in Australia
31 Jan 11
Australian Photographer Jackson Eaton thinks Outside the Book.
Australian photographer Jackson Eaton thinks outside the book to create a photo book using 80′s style photo albums. Each one is unique and comes with 24 removable 6×4 digital prints, a 11×14 poster and a music CD by Stolen Jars and Rabbit Island. A great example of how creativity can transform a mass produced item into something rare and collectible.
10 Jan 11
Book Inscriptions
I found this great project last weekend about Book Inscriptions. I’ve never thought much about them in the past but after seeing some of the book inscriptions collected on this website I will be giving more thought to the inscriptions I write in the future. Like writing in birthday cards, I’ve always found writing book inscriptions challenging. A really beautiful idea, The Book Inscriptions Project.
15 Dec 10
Garry Trinh Friends book.
I made this book dedicated to all my friends using their Facebook profile pictures. Softcover, 306 pages, 151 black and white profile photos. See a preview of the book below. Nothing beats holding a finished book in your hands.
30 Nov 10
When Should Writers Get Paid.
Please share your thoughts on Harlan Ellison’s comments.
15 Nov 10
100 books by 100 Australian Authors Donated to the National Library of Australia
Blurb has been working with the National Library of Australia to help raise awareness for the library’s legal deposit program. Legal Deposit is a requirement for all Australian publishers and authors to deposit a copy of any book published in Australia with the National Library or libraries in their own state. Legal Deposit program ensures that all Australian publications are preserved for use now and in the future.
To raise awareness of the program, the first 100 Australian authors who responded to a newsletter got their Blurb book printed free and archived in the national library. The following images were captured during my trip to Canberra to personally deliver 100 books by 100 Australian authors to the National Library of Australia.
I left Sydney at 7.30am and arrived in the outskirts of Canberra at approximately 11.30am. This is an image take at a rest stop over looking Lake George. I was pleased to see water returning to the lake. The first time it has seen any water in over ten years.
I arrived at the National Library of Australia early so I could take a look around.
This is the National Library of Australia’s reading area. Nice high ceilings.
Diane, Caitlin and Christine from the library came out to meet me and help off load the books.
This is what 100 Blurb books in boxes look like.
I was taken on a tour of the library’s stacking system and endless maze of bookshelves. I think this is what I need at my house.
The library has these robot delivery vehicles running on sensors beneath the floor throughout the stacks area. Their job is to help deliver requested books up to the public area of the library. They move at a decent pace. I think I’ve seen something similar in episodes of Dr Who and Star Wars.
Unpacking a few of the 100 books ready to be tagged and achieved in the national library.
14 Sep 10
Free Monster Children Magazines.
Get in quick. These won’t last long. Monster Children are giving away free copies of their magazine. The only conditions are you have to take 20 copies minimum and you have to pick them up yourself at their Camperdown office between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.