Many people are involved in publishing specialty and short run books. They do not have the budget of a big publisher but there is no reason why they can not have good production values. In order to help with this we have developed some “hints” PDFs. If there is enough interest we will research and develop some more. We have used our experience in distributing and publishing special interest books as well as years of professional photography. We have simplified some things to allow for the fact most people will not have a large staff. They suggest things to consider before starting a project, the PDF files are not courses.
The PDF files are:
1 Book covers
2 Basic design hints
3 How to photograph smaller articles
To obtain them email us at westisle@islandnet.com with the following information.
Area you live or in (country)
Area of interest (marine, nature, steam etc.)
Entity (museum, personal or publisher)
We will send them as an attachment.
We also have a larger PDF file on the use of digital illustrations in book publication.

These PDF files and their contents are for your personal use only. They are not to be distributed on any medium including electronic. All text, photographs and illustrations are owned and copyright of Western Isles Photo/Graphics.