[CREATE] "LGM 2013 Fieldnotes" book release

[Femke Snelting]

Fantastic; very helpful! Also liked your blogpost: http://ms-studio.net/publications/designing-the-lgm-2013-fieldnotes-book/
I ordered me and my colleagues a few copies :-)

F

On 20/03/13 19:32, Manuel Schmalstieg wrote:
> Dear CREATE list followers,
>
> Since today, the semi-official "LGM 2013 [Fieldnotes]" book can be ordered from:
>
> Amazon España => http://www.amazon.es/dp/2970070669
>
> Amazon France => http://www.amazon.fr/dp/2970070669
> (free shipping to France, Monaco, Belgium and Luxembourg)
>
> Amazon Germany => http://www.amazon.de/dp/2970070669
> (free shipping to Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
> Netherlands, Switzerland)
>
> Amazon UK => http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/2970070669
>
> Amazon USA => http://www.amazon.com/dp/2970070669
>
> Print it at home => https://github.com/greyscalepress/lgm-2013
>
> What is this?
>
> It's a print edition of the complete LGM program found online at
> <http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/program/>, with some blank space
> for your notes, and some useful maps of Madrid, courtesy
> OpenStreetMap. It's in pocket book format, 172 pages, so you can
> easily carry it with you during the four days of LGM.
> The book design has begun on Sunday 17th March and finished 24 hours later.
> It was made with Scribus, and features the libre fonts Chivo, by
> Hector Gatti and Igino Marin; Volkhov (by Ivan Petrov and Alexei
> Vanyashin); and Karla (by Jonny Pinhorn).
> It was produced spontaneously, following the "release early, release
> often" dogma, and there will be some mistakes (we apologize for having
> misspelt the font "Volkhov" as "Vokhov" on page 171).
> The printing is done "on demand" through the Amazon CreateSpace
> service. The revenue is kept at zero, the price of the book (EUR 4,40
> - 4,76 depending where you order) just covers the printing.
>
> Why?
>
> This book was inspired by James Bridle's publishing experiments (SXSW
> 2010 [Fieldnotes]), visible at booktwo.org. It's intended to serve as
> "a one-time pad", a personal notebook for the duration of LGM.
>
> Regards,
> Manuel Schmalstieg
> Greyscale Press
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