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Post #47304 by boutiki on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 9:01 AM

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On 2003-08-10 22:23, fatuhiva wrote:
very cool! Who is publishing this? Or are you doing it yourself?

Fatuhiva,

After talking with several publishers, a few of which were very interested in our idea, we decided to publish it ourselves. The two main reasons were creative control and finances. The time required and the expenses we would incur did not make the terms we were presented with reasonable at all. Plus, the publishers who were interested did not seem to share our vision of a nice coffee table book packed with Tiki imagery. They wanted us to do more of a collectors reference book and every publisher wanted it to be a price guide, something we were adamantly against. So we decided to do the project ourselves, from beginning to end: photography, design, production, everything. We also felt that with the Tiki community growing larger and stronger everyday (Tiki Central and all its fine members is a perfect reflection of this) it was worth our "betting the farm" to pay for the printing and deal with distribution ourselves. Like we said, we are excited beyond words and can't wait to hear people's response. We hope everyone likes it.