Project 365: The Book

It hit me the other day that my photo project will be ending this week.  As of this writing, I have three more frames to make for Project 365 and I’ll have a photo for all 366 days this year.  Also as of this writing, I do have a ton of photos to process and post.  I’m setting a goal of having them all up by the end of the year.  (They’ll all be backdated to the date on the photo, so if you’re reading this a few months into the future that might not make sense).

What is next?

I guess the obvious question is what is next. While I will probably write up an account of the whole experience in a post later in January, one thing that I have had in mind from the start is making a book of the whole project and I still plan to do that.  I’ve promised copies to my folks, my brother, and the in-laws, but I’ll open it to you fair readers.  If you’ve enjoyed following along this year and want a hard copy of all the photos, let me know, either in the comments below or via the contact form on the about page.

Timeframe

Doing the layout for the book is not going to be trivial.  After all it is 366 photos to layout. Also this is something that is going to be done in my spare time, so my current goal is to at least have the layout completed by the end of February. After that there is the time of actual publishing which I’m also guess is not long, but not trivial.  I’d hope to have the books in hand by no later than the end of March, hopefully sooner.

Cost

I don’t know the cost yet as I’m still considering who I’m going to use as a publisher.  I’m not going to be marking these up in some sort of money making effort.  My plan is to sell these at cost plus shipping. Once I know more, I’ll post the details, but the plan is to do it as a hardcover book with premium paper. I do know most publishers give volume discounts, so if there is enough of an interest, the price may go down.

Chime In

So chime in if you want one.  Even if it’s dependant on the price, I’d like to get a gauge of interest. If there is enough interest I could be persuaded to do a soft cover as well to keep the price down.