Author Topic: Filmwasters Book - Soft Cover edition - FINAL (Read 8876 times)

calbisu · « **on:** November 24, 2012, 10:56:55 AM »

Hi All,

Just published a smaller and reduced version (99 now, before 175 pages) of the FWs book. This version also allows soft cover so the price can go down to 36 US $.

As I had to reenter all the data I am going to post the book for 5 DAYS for any comments from FWs members. PLEASE DO NOT BUY THE BOOK YET, I will post the final version in 5 DAYS time.

This is the link http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3765416

Thanks,

Carlos.

LT · « **Reply #1 on:** November 24, 2012, 11:26:25 AM »

Wowsa - thanks Carlos. I'll take a look later on when I'm not on a flash-free tablet. Really impressed with all your commitment to this.

This-is-damion · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2012, 01:24:43 PM »

great work, really appreciate all your time and effort.

gary m · « **Reply #3 on:** November 24, 2012, 03:22:27 PM »

Great job! Just ordered my copy

Thanks again

Terry · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2012, 03:30:05 PM »

That's brilliant work Carlos! There are a couple of Phil's and Sean's photos that juxtapose really well across the page from each other. I'd have bought one of the hard cover editions--I'll get several of these. Many thanks for the hard work and extra effort.

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #5 on:** November 24, 2012, 03:39:49 PM »

What Terry said!

calbisu · « **Reply #6 on:** November 24, 2012, 03:44:43 PM »

Now we gonna spur sells!!

No filmwasters without a book!!

C.

calbisu · « **Reply #7 on:** November 24, 2012, 03:47:05 PM »

Quote from: Terry on November 24, 2012, 03:30:05 PM

That's brilliant work Carlos! There are a couple of Phil's and Sean's photos that juxtapose really well across the page from each other. I'd have bought one of the hard cover editions--I'll get several of these. Many thanks for the hard work and extra effort.

Your are welcome Terry

Yes, there are some cases when one same photographer covers both pages and it works really nice, it could have been arranged for others but that meant including blank pages or changing the order of the photos

C.

Terry · « **Reply #8 on:** November 25, 2012, 02:25:16 AM »

A copy on every coffee table and a chicken in every pot!!! (I can hardly wait to buy mine...)

Chalky · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2012, 12:27:30 PM »

excellent, will grab a copy as soon as it is available.

thanks for all this time spent, it looks great!

This-is-damion · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2012, 12:53:00 PM »

Also one thing to note, im sure if you buy a book it then gives you an option to buy a second for 50% off so you can hook up with a friend for a cheaper deal

Sent from my RM-821_eu_euro1_342 using Board Express

sapata · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2012, 01:07:56 PM »

Hi Carlos, great work! Just wanted to point out that my pic on page 46 both top and end got cut off, the original image is on square format...

Thanks!

calbisu · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2012, 01:17:37 PM »

Quote from: sapata on November 25, 2012, 01:07:56 PM

Hi Carlos, great work! Just wanted to point out that my pic on page 46 both top and end got cut off, the original image is on square format...

Thanks!

Ok, got it

Bastian S. · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2012, 03:31:12 PM »

Does anyone know how long it takes a book from blurb to be shipped? I'm in the US around christmas and new year. I would like to pick up a copy, but I don't know if I should order my copy before I have actually arrived there.

harragan · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2012, 08:47:34 PM »

It looks fantastic, Carlos. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on a copy.

calbisu · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2012, 09:06:58 PM »

Quote from: Bastian S. on November 25, 2012, 03:31:12 PM

Does anyone know how long it takes a book from blurb to be shipped? I'm in the US around christmas and new year. I would like to pick up a copy, but I don't know if I should order my copy before I have actually arrived there.

in Spain the book took aroumd one week to arrive home.

original_ann · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2012, 03:51:08 AM »

May a thousand waves of good karma come your way for all your work toward this marvelous project, Carlos! Thank you for all that you've done!

jojonas~ · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2012, 03:17:12 PM »

thank you, calbisu!! :´)

LT · « **Reply #18 on:** November 27, 2012, 09:40:02 AM »

Brilliant. It's BRILLIANT. Did I say it was Brilliant?

I prefer it on facing pages, and the pics are amazing.

erm - brilliant. Thanks big Carlos

calbisu · « **Reply #19 on:** November 27, 2012, 02:09:35 PM »

Quote from: Leon on November 27, 2012, 09:40:02 AM

Brilliant. It's BRILLIANT. Did I say it was Brilliant?

I prefer it on facing pages, and the pics are amazing.

erm - brilliant. Thanks big Carlos

Yes, facing pages works great. I will look into changing the order of some pictures so we have more matching pictures facing each other.

Glad people likes the new format

Carlos.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #20 on:** November 28, 2012, 12:47:05 PM »

Thanks, Carlos; this does indeed look great.

Please let us know when the finished book is ready in this format and we'll spread the word on the blog, FB, Google+ and Twitter etc. If you get a chance could you also make a new eBook version using the soft-cover facing pages design? The older design was weird on a tablet because there were so many blank pages that I kept thinking my eBook reader had crashed

when it was actually just another blank page

calbisu · « **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2012, 01:45:26 PM »

Hi all,

I Just posted the final version of the standard landscape FWs book, this one with soft cover goes down to 36$.

I have rearranged some of the pictures, trying to match as many authors as possible, I think it has improved the final result.

I have double checked everything, hope there are no typos or any other blatant mistakes this time..

The link is http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3806211

Enjoy it!

If no comments are received in a couple of days I will make the electronic version available (I will do it this way because in order to activate the electronic version I have to pay few bucks).

Carlos.

astrobeck · « **Reply #22 on:** December 01, 2012, 03:37:23 PM »

Well worth waiting for....you have done a heap of work on this and it really shows!
Thanks Carlos!
My sincerest thanks for making this a work of art.
Becky

calbisu · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2012, 04:22:24 PM »

Quote from: astrobeck on December 01, 2012, 03:37:23 PM

Well worth waiting for....you have done a heap of work on this and it really shows!
Thanks Carlos!
My sincerest thanks for making this a work of art.
Becky

Thanks Becky! And thank you for your patience with those small ¨details¨

Now we are ready for the next book!

C.

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #24 on:** December 01, 2012, 04:58:44 PM »

Very nice Carlos. And just in time. If you use the code FOREVER you'll get 30% off according to an email I just received from Blurb. BUT, only until Monday!

Terry · « **Reply #25 on:** December 01, 2012, 09:59:51 PM »

Wonderful job Carlos--and thanks for the code Urban!

Francois · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2012, 10:29:18 PM »

Fantastic!
I guess I'm going to be spending tonight

Tim · « **Reply #27 on:** December 02, 2012, 08:43:33 AM »

I just ordered my copy! A fantastic book.

Thank you very much for the code, Urban - did work flawlessly.

calbisu · « **Reply #28 on:** December 02, 2012, 09:51:25 AM »

Quote from: Urban Hafner on December 01, 2012, 04:58:44 PM

Very nice Carlos. And just in time. If you use the code FOREVER you'll get 30% off according to an email I just received from Blurb. BUT, only until Monday!

Great, thanks!

Late Developer · « **Reply #29 on:** December 02, 2012, 07:16:41 PM »

What Leon and the rest said. It looks stunning. I've never had a photo in a book before and I'm chuffed to bits to be in such elevated company. Couldn't be happier.

THANK YOU CARLOS

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #30 on:** December 03, 2012, 04:00:07 PM »

Thank you for the code Urban..nice little surprise when ordering the book!

gary m · « **Reply #31 on:** December 04, 2012, 11:13:48 PM »

Book just arrived. Great job Carlos, love it!

calbisu · « **Reply #32 on:** December 05, 2012, 09:16:03 AM »

Good! Your shots just look great

C.

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #33 on:** December 05, 2012, 07:40:39 PM »

Blurb are now doing a 20% off as well with the code 2012SANTA

Just in case the larger discount is over

calbisu · « **Reply #34 on:** December 05, 2012, 10:47:12 PM »

Please beware that tomorrow morning I will delete the soft cover book and post a new one (identical except for one shot that was zoomed and therefore cropped).

My understanding is that orders from the current book will not be affected when I will delete it tomorrow morning, I will update the link.

Thank you,

Carlos.

calbisu · « **Reply #35 on:** December 06, 2012, 10:23:29 AM »

Hi All,

As explained before I just posted the updated soft cover book at Blurb, the only change is one image that has been resized.

This is the link: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3844944

Thank you,

Carlos.

Francois · « **Reply #36 on:** December 11, 2012, 06:17:15 PM »

Just to say I just got mine and it looks much nicer than I had anticipated!

No back to fixing the house.

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #37 on:** December 11, 2012, 08:54:39 PM »

I just got my copy and it looks great!!!!!

LT · « **Reply #38 on:** December 12, 2012, 06:17:21 PM »

I got mine today too - and it all looks superb, apart from my pictures being REALLY dark. The originals aren't that dark at all. I'm a bit disappointed in the blurb repro on mono, the colour work looks superb though. Damion's transfers especially.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #39 on:** December 13, 2012, 10:25:02 AM »

Quote from: Leon on December 12, 2012, 06:17:21 PM

I got mine today too - and it all looks superb, apart from my pictures being REALLY dark. The originals aren't that dark at all. I'm a bit disappointed in the blurb repro on mono, the colour work looks superb though. Damion's transfers especially.

I understand bw can be tricky with blurb (and many similar businesses) I think there's even a book out on the pitfalls and workarounds.

Alan · « **Reply #40 on:** December 13, 2012, 11:28:08 AM »

guys I want to purchase today but those links above are not working?

jojonas~ · « **Reply #41 on:** December 13, 2012, 12:30:46 PM »

Quote from: Alan on December 13, 2012, 11:28:08 AM

guys I want to purchase today but those links above are not working?

huh? funny

well, try these:

standard book
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3844944

exclusive book
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3706723

ebook
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/353988-what-did-you-shoot-this-weekend

Alan · « **Reply #42 on:** December 13, 2012, 05:08:52 PM »

thanks jonas, yea got the link from the pther book thread?

ordered the book and used phil's discount code, happy days!

jojonas~ · « **Reply #43 on:** December 14, 2012, 12:06:13 PM »

nah, just took a dive in blurb sea and fished them up

hopefully I'll have money to order mine after christmas. if not so then feb. looking forward to it either way!

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #44 on:** December 15, 2012, 06:49:34 PM »

My copy arrived a day or so ago...very happy with the results!

calbisu · « **Reply #45 on:** December 16, 2012, 08:33:38 PM »

Quote from: Leon on December 12, 2012, 06:17:21 PM

I got mine today too - and it all looks superb, apart from my pictures being REALLY dark. The originals aren't that dark at all. I'm a bit disappointed in the blurb repro on mono, the colour work looks superb though. Damion's transfers especially.

I compared on my fantastic new 27¨screen (sorry for mentioning it

) the pictures sent by the fillmwasters with the ones in the blurb book and yes, some pictures are displayed darker in the Book; no idea why this happens, as it only affects some pictures and others not and I did not modified any colour or B&W settings in the book, I even do not know it that possibility exists.

C.

Francois · « **Reply #46 on:** December 16, 2012, 08:39:33 PM »

It could be due to various ICC profiles being used. I religiously use the sRGB color space even though it produces fewer colors than many other profiles and have been happy so far.