Logoglyphs: The Book

Cover, originally uploaded by Vividp. Clicking on the image will take you to the book pages on flickr.

A couple of months ago I "published" a book. I put that in quotes, because it wasn't a situation where I had an editor and publisher and copies were sent to bookstores across the nation; I published it through Blurb, which in the old days would have been called a "vanity press," but these days is called a "personal" or "print-on-demand" publisher. Blurb allows anyone to print as few copies of a book as they prefer, even if it's only one.

When I discovered Blurb I saw a perfect opportunity to put into book form some designs that I had been working on for years. I downloaded Booksmart, the Blurb software, attached every page as a jpeg image, and very soon had a beautiful hardcover book to proudly display on my mantle.

With a softcover copy sent to my mom, and another to my wife's parents, there are now three copies in existence. And since we live practically on opposite coasts, you could say they're blanketing the nation.