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Topic: Apollo: The Panoramas (Mike Constantine)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-11-2015 01:49 PM
Moonpans has announced "Apollo: The Panoramas": Having spent the last 15 years assembling high resolution, seamless panoramas from the Apollo Missions, Mike Constantine has compiled over 60 stunning panoramas into one book, "Apollo: The Panoramas." Each panorama spans a full double page spread, and includes almost every panorama captured on the lunar surface, as well as pans captured from the LM Windows and the stand up EVA on Apollo 15.Each panorama has a detailed description by the author plus most also have exclusive comments from the Apollo moonwalkers who were actually there. Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt The book is currently in its final stages of writing, and is seeking a publisher. So if you are a publisher, literary agent or can assist us in getting "Apollo: The Panoramas" published worldwide please email us here. To see some preview pages from "Apollo: The Panoramas," see here. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-11-2015 04:27 PM
I hope they'll find a publisher. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-11-2015 04:45 PM
I saw a privately published sample copy of this planned book at Cosmic-Con in England last weekend. It is absolutely stunning. I really hope they find a publisher, but I also hope that only quality publishers apply. This is a work of art, which would grace the bookshelves of any space enthusiast. If Moonpans can't get a standard publisher, they should consider having a limited number privately printed to order. I would certainly pay $100 for a copy, although I hope enough copies could be printed to make the book more widely accessible. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-11-2015 05:16 PM
I agree. Glossy paper and watch out for the binding. Maybe they should get in touch with Luke Wesley Price (see his book). |
Jurg Bolli Member Posts: 977 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-11-2015 07:23 PM
I would certainly buy a copy as long it is less than $75. |
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 06-12-2015 08:12 AM
Looks like it should be a great-looking book! Any thought being given to some panoramas reproduced on 'fold-out' pages, to avoid the separation imposed by the binding? Or would the cost be prohibitive? Just a thought. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-12-2015 08:41 AM
Fold-out pages are tricky. You have some in the Hubble Space Telescope book by Taschen and frankly it doesn't make the pictures any prettier, quite the contrary as the folds tend to wear out and ruin the picture. |
mmmoo Member Posts: 551 From: London, England Registered: May 2001
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posted 07-02-2015 06:58 AM
Thanks for all your comments on "Apollo: The Panoramas." The book is coming along nicely and the content nearly finished.I have found a high quality private publisher for this book, which will be part funded by a crowd sourcing campaign. More details will follow soon. In the meantime, I would like your help to set the size of the book, from two simple choices. I have set up a poll where you can vote for a smaller cheaper size or a larger more expensive size. We are open to the possibility of printing it at both sizes, but would like to see what you think. Thanks. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-02-2015 03:04 PM
May I suggest an alternative system for voting? This Google+ thing is a no-go for me.And by the way, I would go for the larger format! |
Larry McGlynn Member Posts: 1255 From: Boston, MA Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-02-2015 03:28 PM
Go for the largest format available. These panoramas are worth it. |
john ffoulkes Member Posts: 146 From: United Kingdom Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-02-2015 04:03 PM
I agree with that. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-02-2015 04:17 PM
I unreservedly vote for the LARGE format.I did try to cast a vote, but in spite of the fact that I use Google every day, they didn't recognise my email address. Ridiculous. |
GoesTo11 Member Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 07-03-2015 04:16 AM
Voted. Go big or go home |
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 07-03-2015 05:57 AM
Here on cS you'll only get "Big" voters. |
Sam Que Member Posts: 180 From: Chicago, IL, United States Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 07-03-2015 07:56 AM
Couldn't cast my vote via my iPad or iMac. Have to go with the larger format. |
lspooz Member Posts: 384 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Aug 2012
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posted 07-03-2015 09:33 AM
B I GMy email was also unrecognized, but such a book deserves to be grand. |
nasamad Member Posts: 2121 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 07-03-2015 11:13 AM
As with Michael Light's "Full Moon," I'd go for the big option. With a lay flat binding if possible, that's the only spoiler for me with "Full Moon". |
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 07-03-2015 02:39 PM
Large format please. |
gliderpilotuk Member Posts: 3398 From: London, UK Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-04-2015 10:20 AM
Ditto |
OWL Member Posts: 175 From: United Kingdom Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 07-05-2015 03:18 AM
As big as possible please. The sample book looked superb. |
lordolsen Member Posts: 112 From: Denmark Registered: Jun 2010
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posted 07-05-2015 04:17 PM
Not big. Huge! |
mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 07-05-2015 04:58 PM
The bigger the better! |
rjurek349 Member Posts: 1190 From: Northwest Indiana Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 07-05-2015 08:32 PM
Let me add my voice to the chorus: bigger, is better! |
Jonnyed Member Posts: 396 From: Dumfries, VA, USA Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 07-06-2015 08:56 PM
Big. Large. Huge. Immense. Enormous. Colossal. Giant. Gargantuan. Elephantine. Titanic. Grande (Venti?).OK, you get my point. [Can't wait. This is going to be a spectacular book.] |
mmmoo Member Posts: 551 From: London, England Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-09-2015 10:29 AM
Thanks for all of your replies, we have now made the Kickstarter Campaign for the 'Apollo: The Panoramas' book live! The final size for the book will be 14 inches wide x 10.25 inches high, making the double page spreads a whopping 28 inches wide in total. There are 50+ panoramas in the book each with a detailed description, many of which have exclusive comments and memories from Moonwalkers, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt. Plus the locations where each pan was captured are marked on traverse maps. Please visit the link above to secure your copy, but please remember that the funding will only take place if we reach our goal. So we would be very grateful if you can help promote the campaign by sharing this site on any social media platforms, chatrooms and forums that you are members of: http://kck.st/1Q10gH3We really hope that the project will be a success and we can start getting the book printed soon. Thanks. — Mike Constantine |
GrantV Member Posts: 28 From: Winnipeg, Canada Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 09-09-2015 11:12 AM
Great news! Looking forward to this. My pledge has been made! |
18blue78 Member Posts: 126 From: UK Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 09-09-2015 12:27 PM
I am very happy Mike and his team have got this book to the funding stage. I was lucky to have a look at a mock up of the book earlier this year and was blown away by its quality.This is the first time I have ever took part in a crowd funding project and I hope the book gets the support it deserves. If anyone is having second thoughts of joining in believe me, you will not be disappointed with the final product. Well done Mike. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-09-2015 04:27 PM
I'm on board, and I'm pleased to see great support already. This project is definitely worthy of support. |
mjanovec Member Posts: 3811 From: Midwest, USA Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 09-09-2015 05:33 PM
One suggestion I have for this book is to avoid placing critical objects into the fold of the book (such as the LM, the rover, or an astronaut). At least one of the examples on the Kickstarter page (Apollo 17) has the rover in the fold. Perhaps that's not a true representation of how it will look, but if there is room to adjust the photos to the left or the right to avoid any critical objects landing in the fold, that would be ideal.Otherwise, this looks like a great project and a nice showcase for these panorama photos. |
mmmoo Member Posts: 551 From: London, England Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-10-2015 07:05 AM
Thanks for all your replies and donations, we managed to reach our goal in less than 24 hours. We are very grateful to all of you who donated and shared.There are still 29 days to go, so please keep sharing the link! Mark - The previews we have posted are quite old screengrabs, from our prototype book's software program. For the new book, we have completely rebuilt the book in Adobe InDesign and have made sure on every spread, that nothing of interest is lost in the fold. We are also planning on using a flexible spine in the book which would have almost no valley in the fold rather than an in-flexible spine which would have a very deep valley. The only down side to the flexible spine, is that on some pages you will see the binding wire in the fold, but this is less obstructive than losing half an inch of image in a deep valley. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-10-2015 05:08 PM
Just so long as the spine (of whatever design) doesn't have "detachable pages" like "Full Moon".... |
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 09-11-2015 02:49 AM
It is a shame. These images may be atypical but the "valley" spine appears in these photos at least to be a far superior product; certainly a more substantial quality product. |
mmmoo Member Posts: 551 From: London, England Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-11-2015 05:51 AM
Rick, those two images are just random examples, with two completely different specs. The valley example has way more pages with thinner paper and the non valley one has few pages with very thick paper.There's no reason why you couldn't have the spec of the in-flexible spined book but with a flexible spine. A better example of a flexible spine is the hardcover version of Chris Hadfield's book, 'You Are Here' if you have one of those handy. |
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 09-11-2015 01:56 PM
Thanks for the clarification Mike. The material you produce is always top notch and I am confident the panorama book will be no exception. |
dogcrew5369 Member Posts: 750 From: Statesville, NC Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-11-2015 07:20 PM
Could the problem be solved with fold out pages like National Geographic does with their magazine? I know magazine stock is thinner and the book would be thicker. Just a thought. On edit: Oops missed onesmallstep's comment. Never mind. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-12-2015 02:42 AM
For a "suitable" format (my 2 cents on this), turn to what Taschen has made for the book about the making of Stanley Kubrik's 2001 (the "cheap" version of the book!)The format seems perfect to me: width, 17.5cm, heigth: 38cm. |
mmmoo Member Posts: 551 From: London, England Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-17-2015 06:31 AM
Today the Kickstarter campaign passed the 300% funded mark! Thanks to all of you who have pledged, it's so great to see so much interest in this book.Many people have asked me if it is still possible to pledge once the funding goal has been reached, and the answer is YES, you can still secure a copy of the book on KickStarter up until October 9th. Some people also had issues with the KickStarter website, where they could not click on any rewards. This seems to be caused if you are using an old browser such as Internet Explorer 8. So the cure for this is simply to download a modern browser such as Google Chrome. Finally even though we have surpassed our KickStarter goal, we would still very appreciate any publicity you can generate for the book via blogs, News Media or Social Media. As we don't have a major publisher behind us to help with promotion. Thanks again! |
Kevmac Member Posts: 267 From: College Station, TX Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 09-18-2015 12:15 AM
Just want to confirm that Kickstarter is the only way to purchase this book, or will it be available from other vendors in the future? Thank you. |
1202 Alarm Member Posts: 436 From: Switzerland & France Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 09-18-2015 03:49 AM
I suppose that it will be available through moonpans.com, Kickstarter being er... just the kick starter.
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mmmoo Member Posts: 551 From: London, England Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-21-2015 07:14 AM
That is correct, after the Kickstarter campaign is over and the book is printed and shipped to the KickStarter backers, it will be available at Moonpans.com and probably Amazon. Plus a number of independent book stores have expressed interest in stocking it too.By the way, just added two new rewards to the Kickstarter - 16x20 signed by Alan Bean and 20x15 Signed by Michael Collins. |