Book's photos will capture Ike's fury
Word journalists don’t like to admit this, but we recognize that sometimes when people don’t read the words, they still look at the pictures. As it relates to Hurricane Ike, in many cases, the pictures taken by Enterprise photographers told the story better than words ever could have.
In the days and weeks before and after Ike, our Web site featured almost daily photo galleries of storm-related activity.
So, as we did following Hurricane Rita in 2005, we are putting it all in a book. A small collection of writers and editors have been feverishly researching facts, writing and rewriting to enhance the relatively small written portions of the book, which is primarily photographs.
“Rita Captured” was a nice piece of work, but, “In Ike’s Wake,” will be better for a wide range of reasons.
A primary reason for improvement is simply because we’ve done this before and our 2005 book was a learning experience, so we’re doing some things differently this time. For example, though our staff members are entirely responsible for the content, the book is being designed by someone who specializes in book designs. It’s also being printed elsewhere in the United States and will be shipped directly to customers (estimated shipping date Nov. 28th) so they don’t have navigate downtown Beaumont’s currently treacherous streets to pick it up --- or wait for our nonexistent (translation: volunteer) shipping department to pack it up and mail it to them.
Those things, as well as the projected quality of the book, have elevated its cost a bit, but in the end, we feel like we will be able to give the public a better product. The book will sell for $34.95, plus tax, (which means $37.83) plus shipping and handling (which means $43.78 per book.) Until Oct. 23, the offer also includes a free DVD of more than 1,000 additional photographs – an extra that later will add $14.95 to the cost.
The more than 150-page book will contain more than 250 full color photographs documenting the storm from preparation through recovering and encompassing the entire Southeast Texas region.
And it’s not a coincidence that it would make a perfect Christmas gift for anyone hoping to preserve this part of their personal history. Order on-line at http://ike.hurricanebook.com/
In the days and weeks before and after Ike, our Web site featured almost daily photo galleries of storm-related activity.
So, as we did following Hurricane Rita in 2005, we are putting it all in a book. A small collection of writers and editors have been feverishly researching facts, writing and rewriting to enhance the relatively small written portions of the book, which is primarily photographs.
“Rita Captured” was a nice piece of work, but, “In Ike’s Wake,” will be better for a wide range of reasons.
A primary reason for improvement is simply because we’ve done this before and our 2005 book was a learning experience, so we’re doing some things differently this time. For example, though our staff members are entirely responsible for the content, the book is being designed by someone who specializes in book designs. It’s also being printed elsewhere in the United States and will be shipped directly to customers (estimated shipping date Nov. 28th) so they don’t have navigate downtown Beaumont’s currently treacherous streets to pick it up --- or wait for our nonexistent (translation: volunteer) shipping department to pack it up and mail it to them.
Those things, as well as the projected quality of the book, have elevated its cost a bit, but in the end, we feel like we will be able to give the public a better product. The book will sell for $34.95, plus tax, (which means $37.83) plus shipping and handling (which means $43.78 per book.) Until Oct. 23, the offer also includes a free DVD of more than 1,000 additional photographs – an extra that later will add $14.95 to the cost.
The more than 150-page book will contain more than 250 full color photographs documenting the storm from preparation through recovering and encompassing the entire Southeast Texas region.
And it’s not a coincidence that it would make a perfect Christmas gift for anyone hoping to preserve this part of their personal history. Order on-line at http://ike.hurricanebook.com/
posted by Sheila Friedeck at 3:04 PM
2 Comments:
Do you *really* think people who experienced 10+ft of storm surge, lost their homes, everything they owned, and - in some cases, their lives or the lives of their loved ones - would want or need your printed mementos to remember their 'personal history' by?
Would you want to be reminded of a horrendous event in your life every time you looked at your bookshelf?
Further, would you appreciate an entity such as The Enterprise profitting from your misfortune by selling pictures of the remnants of your life?
I don't expect you to answer these questions, but if you did - it would likely be with a poor attempt at wit and frankness, such as, "News is news.' or something equally asinine.
There is the proverbial 'blood on the hands' of The Enterprise for even suggesting going forward with this book.
Well said, Misty!
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