Douglas Holleley, DIGITAL BOOK DESIGN AND PUBLISHING Elmira Heights, New York and Rochester, New York. Clarellen and Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2001. ISBN: 0970713800

 

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FROM THE FRONT FLAP

CONTRARY to futurists’ predictions that computer culture would mark the demise of the book, electronic technologies, by changing the way books are produced and distributed, are creating a renaissance in book culture. At least as significant to print publishing as Gutenberg’s moveable type in its time, electronic, or desktop, publishing has brought the tools of book production to anyone who owns or has access to a personal computer. Add a scanner and printer, page layout and image processing programs and you have, at your desktop, a means to work with typography, images and page design undreamed of fifteen years ago. This book covers all the essentials of digital bookmaking for photographers, artists, designers and for writers who want to move beyond the manuscript to the page. Based on his years of work as a photographer, bookmaker and teacher, Douglas Holleley has developed a clear and considered approach to “Digital Book Design and Publishing.” You will find a progression through the process of bookmaking, from a consideration of maquette and materials through printing and bookbinding, as well as a step-by-step guide to page layout and image processing software. A rich and varied selection of reproductions from historical and contemporary illustrated books and artists’ books places digitally produced books in a historical continuum.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Douglas Holleley was born in Sydney, Australia and studied photography at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts. His artist’s books and photographs are represented in many collections including, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The McGill University Library (Rare Books Division) Montreal, Canada, the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, N Y, the Centre for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology, the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, and the National Gallery of Australia. In 1997 he was awarded a Ph.D at the University of Sydney. The title of his thesis is Luna Park, the Image of a Funfair. This thesis examines a major amusement park in Sydney Australia through the medium of photography. He became a permanent resident of the USA in 1997 and lives and works in upstate New York. His email address is douglas@clarellen.com