The Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History that I ordered from Lulu arrived yesterday, January 15.
It was ordered online on a whim on New Year's Day, so the delivery time seems pretty reasonable.
As noted in the original post, there were two reasons for ordering such a thing as a Concordia Undergrad Lulu thingy. First was to enjoy the publication itself: The content, 13 essays filling 160 solid pages, promised diverse and thoughtful material. Without even looking at it, one could expect the work to be from a youthful, informed perspective that would be of interest to me and pertinent for this blog. Second was to investigate the whole idea of "instant" self publishing made possible by the "on demand" digital technologies offered by Lulu and other such companies.
I have looked into a couple of these, but so far have not seen anything nearly as flexible and appealing as the Lulu model.
The book I bought cost me only 7.95 us. All told, including shipping to the door it was $US15, with no apparent tax that I remember. Considering that I just paid $9.99 for a flimsy little copy of Charlotte's Web + gst + pst + driving somewhere to buy it, you can see that the Lulu price isn't too bad.
They offer many, many print related products produced from your original material. Several different formats of books are offered, many of which would be of interest for the visual artist or artists of many other types. As for the content of the book, I will leave that alone for now, rather than give a rushed synopsis of what little I have looked at so far.
The CU Art History Journal is a soft cover publication measuring approx. 8" x 8".
The only aspect where the look and feel of any commercial book doesn't come through is on the title page, or a couple of the inside front pages. Here, the type isn't quite laid out like in most books and a couple of things are missing, such as an "ISBN number" (which is available at Lulu for an extra charge) and certain other technical notes that we never read but somehow contribute to the feeling that most books have.
The binding is typical, indistinguishable from any commercial book you would find in a store. The cover is glossy and attractive, featuring a photograph by Erica Brisson, (who is also one of the authors) and printed in full colour. The inside layout is beautiful - very professionally done. The occasional graphics are smallish and included right on the pages amidst the text, but are very clear and serve their purpose. I found the space at the bottom of the page to be a smidgen more than seemed natural and the top was a tad crowded. Other than that - nirvana.
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