[Kestrana]

The 2nd page of the form where it asks:

Do you want your real name + fark handle or only one of the two?
Do you have titles for you pictures?
Do you want to include a short bio?
Do you want to be on the email mailing list for updates?

Please provide real name/fark handle/email for necessary information based on your selections.

[Kestrana]

Thanks guys.

If you’ve yet to send me your permission forms, I would appreciate at least getting your “choice selection” information this week so that I can have the correct captions.

[Kestrana]

There’s no restrictions on what can be in the picture as long as it includes some sort of dessert.

[Kestrana]

http://www.kestrana.com/Farkbookv2.pdf

is updated again. It’s actually pretty complete now. Obviously this is a rough draft with just about every photo that was selected in the layout and we will probably cut pictures as we find out who we can’t locate for permission so the page count will go down. In general I like the look and feel of it. If you have any ideas/suggestions make them soon because the sample chapter will probably ship out this week.

[Kestrana]

368 pictures were chosen, trying to keep the book under 200 pages.

[Kestrana]

http://www.kestrana.com/Farkbookv2.pdf

is updated.
Running into a few issues with having 1 photo left at the end of a chapter so there is at least one awkward page at the end of Adventurous. Also haven’t gone back and updated with people’s caption options for everyone yet so don’t freak out if your name isn’t listed or titles, that will all be fixed before the end.

[Kestrana]

Nature would be great, that’s our sample chapter and it will help me get it done faster.

[Kestrana]

You do this for a living. I’ll expect perfection 😉

[Kestrana]

At 40 dollars I’ll be hard-pressed to buy even one.

That’s the high end guess. I’m shooting for $24.99 but honestly won’t know for awhile.

[Kestrana]

I’m…gonna go eat some tiramisu now…

[Kestrana]

yikes!

[Kestrana]

We all use things for inspiration. It can be a challenge to try to recreate something we saw in a magazine or online. I don’t really mind if you used something from a magazine for inspiration. If it’s so similar as to be noticeably the same you might just want to reference the original “ala the recent Hannaford Fresh” or something like that in your caption.

[Kestrana]

I would like a couple by next week that I can plug into the sample chapter if anyone could be done with a rough draft by then.

[Kestrana]

135 individual photographers are selected for the book. If each of those people buys an average of 2 copies, and their friends and relatives buy an average of 5 copies there is 1000 copies just off of people with a direct interest in the book.
5300 people have ever participated in farktography. If you take 25% of those people having an indirect interest in the book, that’s another 1300 books.
Fark has a million subscribers. If .25 of a percent are interested in the book without having played in Farktography, that’s another 2500 books.
That leaves only 200 books we need to beat the streets and sell to the general populace – and that’s not counting the people who might buy based on advertising on fark that aren’t subscribers or locals that we use our direct marketing campaign to reach.

[Kestrana]

I don’t usually post b-sides but this might explain why I wanted to do this theme: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kestrana/sets/72157623417792775/

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