wepod

WEEK 05: Tuesday 24 october 2006
Self-Publishing, intro to POD/ Networked Distribution Services
DUE on class 5 | POST ON blog
Brief 4 – strategy
research: think in terms of the images you have selected and choose a strategy to sort it. Discuss it in terms of authorship, editing, curating and what it means for you to work with found material. Continue to document /discuss this process your blog.

assignments to be read PRIOR to class meeting and be prepared to discuss them in class:
Read wikipedia” Print On Demand; be prepared to discuss POD as a a publishing methodology
A Story of Alternate Publishing Universes
http://www.fonerbooks.com/2005/10/story-of-alternate-publishing.html
A Lightning Source Book Example- a print-on-demand case study with costs and profits
discuss, based on both texts, where the print-on-demand and traditional publishing models diverge.
Color Print on Demand (POD) Economics
Be prepared to discuss the economics of b&w vs color pod printing

Self-Publishing, intro to POD/ Networked Distribution Services
browsing for class and to view on your own:
lulu.com/
Lulu photography books

http://www.lulu.com/help/index.php?fSymbol=photobook_faq

paperback printing specifications: http://www.lulu.com/help/index.php?fSymbol=paperback_printspecs

binding specifications: http://www.lulu.com/help/index.php?fSymbol=binding_types

manuscript templates: http://www.lulu.com/help/index.php?fSymbol=book_layout
jpg magazine

Sal randolph free press open-access publishing house, a “Free Press,” accept all kinds of writing from the public
MetaMute
http://www.metamute.org/en/node/5681>> download pdf
Media Mutandis: a NODE.London Reader. Printed on Demand by www.lightningsource.com
http://publication.nodel.org/
DIY Survival, book which photographs individual and collective realities involved in redesigning the tactics of DIY art around the globe. Printed on Demand by www.lightningsource.com
http://c6.org/soldout/diy_survival.html.download pdf

DUE on class 6 | POST ON blog
Brief 5 – publication: editing/design
It is now time to think as editor and designer and organise your material for the publication. Select the the best images and accompanying text. Design a template for a 15 to 50 pages publication taking into account the sizes and binding options available at lulu.com. For details and download pre-formatted templates
> http://www.lulu.com/products/books/paperback.php
You should should continue to use your blog to document your work as this will be used for the class presentation. In addition, you should print a hardcopy as a mock up of your future publication to help you visualise the final product.
Be prepared to license your work with one og the creative commons licenses and explain your choice.