Photograph courtesy Datz Press
Resources for Artists
Publishing Workbook by Ms. Swanson (as featured in Publish Your Photography Book, 3rd Edition, Radius Books, 2023)
This Workbook was created as a complement to Publish Your Photography Book and is intended to guide you on your pathway to publishing a book of your photographs.
This unique, comprehensive Workbook will assist and support you on the “nuts and bolts” details associated with developing and producing your photobook. An abridged version of the Workbook is included as an abbreviated, detachable booklet and inserted in each copy of Publish Your Photography Book.
We encourage you to assemble a three-hole project binder and insert this extensive 32-page Workbook. You can add notes to this as needed to record and track your activities throughout the process, including project research, image edits, and submissions to competitions and publishers. You will be able to organize your research on papers, printing, and binding choices, and track the work of team members, deliverables, and budgets. You will be able to document opportunities, marketing plans, and public relations for the launch of your book and much more.
To download the free Workbook, please visit: https://www.publishyourphotographybook.com/workbook
Note: This Workbook is not for reproduction beyond your personal use without Ms. Swanson’s prior permission.
This section provides PDF downloads of Ms. Swanson's advice sheets:
“Reading the Reviewers” February 2021
“How to Prepare for Online Portfolio Review Events” January 2021
“How to Prepare for In-Person Portfolio Review Events” September 2019
This section provides PDF downloads or links to topical articles from industry trade magazines written by Ms. Swanson:
Feature Shoot’s Fab Five Friday Newsletter: “5 Marketing Tips”. March 2019.
PDN, “Self-Publishing Resources”. Published in Photo District News, May 2018 issue. Updated August 2019.
PDNedu, “Seeking Support for Your Creative Projects”. Fall 2015 issue, pp 54-57.
Shutterbug, “The Real Deal On Fine Art Photography: Where Creativity Meets Sales and Marketing: An Interview with Mary Virginia Swanson”. April 2013 issue. Interview by Maria Piscopo.