Core Facts

• Prominent photographers, artists, academics and industry leaders will convene in London for first annual Photography.Book.Now Salon and Symposium to share knowledge, network and showcase the latest in photographic publishing.

• Hosted on October 10 by Blurb, the creative publishing platform that enables anyone to design, publish, share and sell bookstore-quality books, the symposium will include a half-day educational program of expert panels and presentations exploring the modern photography book movement.

• Speakers include Darius Himes, founder of Radius Books, Stuart Smith of Smith Design, Dewi Lewis of Dewi Lewis Publishing, Chris Boot of Chris Boot Ltd, and photographer Simon Roberts.

• Attendees will learn how to curate and design memorable collections, how to market a successful book, and will benefit from the first hand experiences of mentors and peers.

• Later, the Salon will exhibit the latest in self-published photography books from renowned artists such as Beth Dow, Jonathan Smith, Cara Phillips, Ed Panar, Michael Corridore, Talia Chetri, Benjamin Lowy and many others. The showcase will also include work from the Winners of the Photography.Book.Now Grand Prize for Best Self-Published Photography Book, held recently in September.

• Amateur and professional photographers, artists and students are invited to meet and network with the best in the business over wine and canapés, as well as take the opportunity to promote their own work.

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• "This event brings together the photographic community to share wisdom, discover new talent and celebrate the amazing work our artists produce," said Eileen Gittins, Blurb founder and CEO.

• "The event will give up-and-coming photographers the opportunity to learn from and network with the best in the business, as well as show off their own talent," she said.

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About Photography.Book.Now

Be a part of the modern photography book movement. Photography.Book.Now International Salon & Symposium celebrates the most creative, most innovative and finest self-published photography books - and the people behind them. Photography.Book.Now is an international juried book competition, traveling salon and symposium. The Photography.Book.Now International Salon and Symposium is presented by Blurb, the creative publishing platform. Sponsors include American Photo, Canon, Flickr, the International Photography Awards - The Lucies, JPG Magazine, Livebooks, the Maine Media Workshops, MyPhotoPipe, PDN, and SmugMug. For more information visit www.photographybooknow.com. 

About Blurb

Blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the power of books: making, reading, sharing, and selling them. Blurb is flexible and smart enough to help anyone make a book - photographers, creative professionals, bloggers, artists, writers, travelers, everyone. Blurb's bookstore and online marketing tools let people share, market, and sell their books, and keep 100% of the markup. Blurb's community features empower socially connected groups of consumers and professionals to create Blurb books together.

Blurb won a 2008 Webby Award for Best Services website, has been recognized as an OnMedia 100 winner by AlwaysOn in 2008, was named a Momentum 15 company by Dealmaker Media in 2007, and was the 2007 Pixel Awards Geek Winner. Blurb was founded by Eileen Gittins in 2005 and is funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Blurb BookSmartTM software is free for Mac or PC at www.blurb.com.