It has been an exciting and nerve wracking couple of weeks in the life of the Voices picture book, with an order, purchase and delivery of five copies of the hardback edition to South Carolina in the US.
Ellen (the purchaser) and I have been nervously tracking the order from first placement, here in Australia, for printing to be undertaken in a place neither of us had ever heard of in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, and then deliver by a trackable economy ground mail option.
The whole operation took close to three weeks to complete and had us on the edge of our seats before final delivery a couple of days ago.
Ellen has been good enough to provide me with some pics of the delivered package of five books and I’m delighted to share a couple of them here.
Thank you, Ellen.
I commend Ellen’s website Passing By Photo to any reader. Simply wonderful photography.
Frank Prem Poetry 
That last day was a nail-biter—never knew UPS to come so late in the day except for Christmas-time. To hold Voices (in the trash) in my hand was worth the wait, Frank, your work is a delight!
Thanks for shout out for my photography and blog 😊 .
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You’re welcome, Ellen. I think as many folk as possible should see your and Ted’s photography.
I’m hugely delighted that you like the book.
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Is it proper etiquette to read a book before it is gifted…Ellen may not be sharing her own at this time 😂
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Absolutely, Ted. How else to know what you are gifting?
It’s part of quality control, I think …
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You are so wise… I will perform my quality check then. Perhaps even remembering to refrain from the finger ‘lick n flip’.
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Yup, You could consider it a community service that you’re performing, Ted.
I’d go with that, I reckon.
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It looks like the hardcover version of the book is very high quality!!
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Yes, Liz. It shapes up quite well, I think.
This is the Case Laminate hardcover. It is also possible to have a hardcover with sleeve (and perhaps cloth?), but I haven’t used those.
For a picture book, this seems to be spot on with what is required. I generally also choose the Matte finish and avoid gloss.
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For the Case Laminate hardcover, did you need to go with the higher quality paper?
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No Liz. It can be any of the paper grades. I’ve ended up going with 70lb paper and standard colour. Seems to be an acceptable compromise between quality and cost.
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Confessions I have not started reading yet, but another of your books on the shelf is a good sign to my visitors
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All good, Claire. Thank you for your support.
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