Joseph Grammer's Blog - Posts Tagged "printed-edition"
Hardbodies
My girlfriend Anna (book cover designer, www.2lch.com) accompanied me to Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. yesterday.
If you don't know, this place is a mecca for bibliophiles in the area, and features its own damn printing press. The press, called an "espresso machine," is named Opus. There I printed my short story book Cocoon Kids. Watching the little volume pop out was like some weird birthing procedure, happily mess-free, and I felt a dumb glow of gratitude wash over me as I held the pages in my palm. They were hot, and clean, and not misaligned or anything. Good enough for me. Thanks P&P!
So first physical copy, accomplished. It's not for sale yet, but I hope to get a few more out there in the world. Sell them at local stores and book fairs and my website and such. Onward--slowly, painfully, using my face for locomotion.
We also printed a two-volume edition of Anna Karenina, featuring covers designed by Anna Tulchinskaya (my girlfriend). They look sharp and irresistible. Here's a quick breakdown of Anna's design process for the covers. She's not one for literal-minded covers (props to Chip Kidd for that).
If you don't know, this place is a mecca for bibliophiles in the area, and features its own damn printing press. The press, called an "espresso machine," is named Opus. There I printed my short story book Cocoon Kids. Watching the little volume pop out was like some weird birthing procedure, happily mess-free, and I felt a dumb glow of gratitude wash over me as I held the pages in my palm. They were hot, and clean, and not misaligned or anything. Good enough for me. Thanks P&P!
So first physical copy, accomplished. It's not for sale yet, but I hope to get a few more out there in the world. Sell them at local stores and book fairs and my website and such. Onward--slowly, painfully, using my face for locomotion.
We also printed a two-volume edition of Anna Karenina, featuring covers designed by Anna Tulchinskaya (my girlfriend). They look sharp and irresistible. Here's a quick breakdown of Anna's design process for the covers. She's not one for literal-minded covers (props to Chip Kidd for that).
