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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Jan 4, 2003 3:32 PM On 2003-01-04 11:04, Trader Woody wrote: At the risk of being a brown-nose, when does the little 'Icons' version of 'The Book' come out? I can see that working well as a cheap and cheerful way of passing the word. (NB. Taschen's 'Icons' series is a small but well-printed collection of books costing very little, yet are extensively illustrated. In the UK, they go for £4.99 or about $7.50) Trader Woody Taschen postponed it a little, so it will take several months...one never knows with wild and crazy Benedikt. I am curious how they are going to react to have to re-scan quite a few images, because I want to blow up many of the ones that are too small in the BOT, and also put images in a new context to emphasize a different aspect of them. That way it will not be just a shrunk version, but an ambassador for the big book for those who did not want to spend 30.- bucks. In the US, the ICONS actually go for 9.- to10.- bucks. It'll be more of a pocket bible, good for traveling.

On 2003-01-04 11:04, Trader Woody wrote:

At the risk of being a brown-nose, when does the little 'Icons' version of 'The Book' come out? I can see that working well as a cheap and cheerful way of passing the word.
(NB. Taschen's 'Icons' series is a small but well-printed collection of books costing very little, yet are extensively illustrated. In the UK, they go for £4.99 or about $7.50)

Trader Woody

Taschen postponed it a little, so it will take several months...one never knows with wild and crazy Benedikt.
I am curious how they are going to react to have to re-scan quite a few images, because I want to blow up many of the ones that are too small in the BOT, and also put images in a new context to emphasize a different aspect of them. That way it will not be just a shrunk version, but an ambassador for the big book for those who did not want to spend 30.- bucks. In the US, the ICONS actually go for 9.- to10.- bucks.
It'll be more of a pocket bible, good for traveling.

Post #18195 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jan 4, 2003 3:32 PM