{"id":16748,"date":"2012-01-02T21:02:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidbordwell.net\/blog\/?p=16748"},"modified":"2012-01-02T21:12:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T03:12:51","slug":"planet-hong-kong-2-0-goes-analog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidbordwell.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/02\/planet-hong-kong-2-0-goes-analog\/","title":{"rendered":"PLANET HONG KONG 2.0 goes analog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Metade Fumaca<\/strong> (1999).<\/em><\/p>\n

DB here:<\/p>\n

In the Web age, physical books become e-books, and virtual books, often self-published, can mutate into tangible things of paper and glue. That\u2019s what has happened to Planet Hong Kong<\/em> 2.0.<\/p>\n

The story so far: In 2011 I revised the old version. I updated the existing chapters and added four new ones. Our web tsarina Meg Hamel designed a very nice pdf version of it, with over 400 color pictures and an ingratiating layout. That is still available for $15 elsewhere this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I had pretty good luck with selling the e-book online, having earned enough to pay the costs of designing it. It would be nice to sell more and pay myself a little for my work. Did I mention that it\u2019s still available for purchase here<\/a>?<\/p>\n

In the meantime, last spring I had Park Printing of Verona (Wisconsin) <\/a>make some physical copies. We used high-grade paper, and the result is a very fine-looking book, measuring 11 x 8 \u00bd inches. I prepared them as presentation copies to the many people, particularly in Hong Kong, who had helped me in writing the 2000 edition and this one.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve presented those copies to those people. I have a few copies left.<\/p>\n

I could just hang on to them, but some people have told me they would a prefer print copy to the pdf. A few libraries have likewise expressed interest in a physical book.<\/p>\n

So I’m making\u00a0Planet Hong Kong<\/em> 2nd<\/sup> ed. available for $60 plus postage\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0and at\u00a0Biblio<\/a>. The vendor is\u00a020th Century Books<\/a>, an outstanding shop here in Madison specializing in comics, fantasy, s-f, and mysteries. (Thanks, Hank and Deb<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The list price of PHK 2.0<\/em> analog reflects the costs of making a small print run of a heavily illustrated book. Here are a couple of sample pages. Illustrations were scanned from 35mm frames.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If I’d had my wits about me, I’d have done this before the holidays so I could advertise it as the perfect gift for that hard-to-please film fan on your list. In any case, if you\u2019re a reader, collector, or librarian, you can acquire a hard copy of the book from Amazon<\/a> or Biblio<\/a>. And the e-edition remains available on this very site. . . .<\/a><\/p>\n

Coming up later this week: Another entry in our series, Pandora\u2019s digital box<\/a>. This one is about how digital formats have affected film festivals. It\u2019s not a pretty tale.<\/p>\n

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The Mission<\/strong> (1999).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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