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3:44:20 PM - Wed, Mar 28th 2012	Quote
If you need a contact at Arcadia I can forward you the info for the woman I have been talking to.

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11:55:45 PM - Wed, Mar 28th 2012	Quote
Quote:Thomasp94 Wed 28th 3:44 pm If you need a contact at Arcadia I can forward you the info for the woman I have been talking to. Thanks a lot. Really its more an just an idea I have been playing with for awhile. I don't know a thing about putting a book together.

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12:04:06 AM - Thu, Mar 29th 2012	Quote
Soldat, I just sent you a list of FAQs I got from the Arcadia rep I have been talking to. The hardest part of this really is getting the numbers of images together and creating a text for each. Since we all own these postcard we should not have to worry about copyrights for the images should this project move forward.

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5:20:40 AM - Thu, Mar 29th 2012

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Fantastic idea for a book; I wonder though whether copyright would be an issue.

Of the two self-publishing outfits I've used, I've had good success with Lulu, but didn't care much for Createspace's proofing process.

I favor self publishing because there is little to no overhead cost. Full color printing is expensive to produce, which tends to discourage sales; and so, in the interest of producing an affordable work, dramatically reduces royalties. But e-publishing is also a decision worth exploring, I think, and certainly something I will be considering in the near future.

Let me know if or how I can help as well.

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5:40:30 AM - Thu, Mar 29th 2012	Quote
Thanks a ton guys. I have been wanting to make a book like this for awhile and really don't know where to start. But I guess I will see where it goes. Also, here are three new ones I recently got scanned of three of my favorite places.

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2:23:31 PM - Thu, Mar 29th 2012	Quote
Nice cards Soldat, all three of them! Glad to see you found one of the fake admin cards.

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11:12:10 AM - Sun, Apr 8th 2012	Quote
As I sort of knew, Arcadia does regional/local area books only, so they are out for a postcards of state hospitals book. I suppose self publishing it is? Anyway, I got three new cards, including a trifold of Polk.
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9:01:22 PM - Sun, Jun 3rd 2012	Quote
A couple more

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11:46:31 PM - Mon, Jun 4th 2012	Quote
Let me know about the book, I've got lots of gems I'm willing to submit.

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12:27:20 AM - Fri, Jun 8th 2012	Quote
Postcard BOOK!!
I would really really be interested in sharing my postcards for a book!! I have about 800 of them to share. Let me know ASAP when I can help.

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12:29:17 AM - Fri, Jun 8th 2012	Quote
ALSO!!
I was in contact with Arcadia and they were interested in my idea of a "Pennsylvania Asylums" Book that would include postcard and historic images. Just to let you know....BOB

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1:03:42 PM - Fri, Jun 8th 2012

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I was in contact with Arcadia and they were interested in my idea of a "Pennsylvania Asylums" Book that would include postcard and historic images. Just to let you know....BOB

Please let me know how your expierence with Arcadia goes. I've been toying with the idea of doing a book either on Weston State Hospital or, kind of like you, a "West Virginia Asylums" book. Both of which would also be composed of post cards and historical photos.

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5:34:16 PM - Tue, Jun 12th 2012

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Quote:Kirkbridian Fri 8th 12:29 am

I was in contact with Arcadia and they were interested in my idea of a "Pennsylvania Asylums" Book that would include postcard and historic images. Just to let you know....BOB

I talked to Arcadia and they won't do a general asylum postcard book. State wide books would be as wide as you could get it, like you are doing.

I have really just been busy with work and too lazy to find a publisher who would be interested in a book of asylum cards spanning the country.

I know Arcadia does have a series where it is just postcards. Perhaps it could be done state by state?

Anyway, here are some new ones of mine.

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4:45:59 AM - Wed, Jun 13th 2012

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Morris Publishing could be a good one to check with. They do only short-run printings, 100-5,000, & the books are a maximum of 100 pages. Another option to try is blurb.com, I know a guy that has had several books printed with them, basically self-published. When I get a chance I'll get more details from him about it. These days with digital printing presses, self-publishing seems to be a good way to go.

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9:52:53 AM - Wed, Jun 13th 2012	Quote
Howdy, I'm back. Does it seem like everyone here is contemplating or working on one of those postcard/image books? Heck, the last couple people asking permission to use images from AP are working on an Arcadia book. Great looking postcards Soldat.