Blackbook Publications is a distribution network created by and for independent publishers of Artists books.

Our aim is to collaborate with Artists that work with books that lacks distribution and to give them the possibility to find their way out to museum shops, bookstores and collectors.

Blackbook Publication grows by voting. This means that if you want to become a part of our distribution network with your planed publication, it will be reviewed by the number of Artists so far published at Blackbook. This is how we secure our artistic vision and quality.

Do you want to be a part of Blackbook?
We are constantly expanding our network and always looking for new material and wider ways of distrubuting books by independent publishers. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you are interested in a collaboration.

http://www.blackbookpublications.com/

MIXED-BOOTH APPLICATION BY EMAIL

Thank you for applying to participate in ZINE’S MATE, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR 2009.
Before submitting your application, please carefully read the conditions below.
By applying to participate, you are accepting these conditions and agree to be bound by them.
Should you have any questions or suggestions, please contact info@zinesmate.org

ELIGIBILITY
This application form is for exhibitors who wish to exhibit their publications in a ‘Mixed-Booth’. Participation in a mixed-booth is free. Your publications will be on display/sale alongside other participants’ publications.
Those who cannot attend the fair for any reason should apply for inclusion in a mixed-booth.

TERMS
Participation in a Mixed-Booth is free, however any expenses incurred, such as the shipping of books, are the responsibility of the participant.
Publications included in a mixed booth are to be supplied as a sale-or-return consignment, sales terms will be 50% to the publisher 50% to the fair, the selling price of each publication should be specified on your delivery note.

DISPLAY
If you would like a short text attached to the display copy of your publication to explain/support it, please indicate this in the ‘Notes’ section on the application form.

SELECTION PROCESS
Following your application, in some cases, the selection committee may request sample copies for the purpose of the selction process.
Selected exhibitors will be announced in early June 2009.

SUBMISSION
Applications should be emailed to info@zinesmate.org by May 31st 2009

Once you have read the Application Conditions email info@zinesmate.org
Title your email ‘Mixed-Booth Application’ and supply the information listed below.

Alternatively use the PDF Application form Requires Adobe Acrobat. Recommended browser, Safari.

Please supply the following information:

1. Artist, Organization, Publisher, or Publication Name
2. Contact Name (If different from above)
3. Address
4. Telephone
5. FAX
6. Email
7. Website Address
8. How many different publications do you want to exhibit in the fair? Please list titles.
9. Please state the dimensions of your largest publication
10. Notes (If any)

Material for the Catalogue

Please supply a short text about yourself and an image, both will appear in the catalogue alongside your name and website address.
Text - Maximum 150 words
Image - Jpg or Tiff, no smaller than 5×5cm, 300dpi

The image should be the cover of one of your publications appearing in the fair, preferable exported from the publication’s design document. We may use the image for publicity purposes.

Please email your text and image with your application.

http://www.zinesmate.org/mixed-booth-application-by-email

The first issue of We Can’t Paint Magazine (ISSN 1916-8462) and the We Can’t Paint Online Gallery are both open for submissions:

Send all submissions to: submission@wecantpaint.com and please specify what you are submitting for.

Deadlines

Blog: Always looking for material!

Gallery: May 20, 2008

Magazine: July 20, 2008

All work should include a brief bio (one or two sentences). Let us know who you are!

Photographs/Images
Send a selection of 5 – 8 images:
- All images should be 72 dpi
- Sized to 10 inches on the longest side
- Saved as a .jpg file and labeled with no spaces or punctuation like this: your_name_here_1.jpg

- In the body of the email you may list the titles but only if they are absolutely relevant
- No image should be over 5mb
Note: A link to your work is also accepted but strongly discouraged.

Writing
All articles and/or essays should be 500 – 1000 words in length but can be longer:
- Send a brief summery and intent of your article/essay in the body of the e-mail with the actual article/essay formatted for Microsoft Word.

Books and Zines
If you would like We Can’t Paint Magazine to review your publication, please contact info@wecantpaint.com for more information on where to send your “review copy”.

For more information, please see wecantpaint.com

Curated by Humble Arts Foundation in collaboration with Mark Batty Publisher

On view: December 6, 2007 – January 2, 2008 @ Gallery Bar: 120 Orchard Street

Opening reception: December 6, 7pm–12am

Gallery hours: 1pm-6pm, M-F

Humble Arts Foundation and Mark Batty Publisher announce “A Field Guide to the North American Family: The Exhibition.” An opening reception will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at Gallery Bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and the show will run through Wednesday, January 2, 2008; this pin-up series features the work of the artists included in Garth Risk Hallberg’s A Field Guide to the North American Family.

In sixty-three entries and an accompanying website (afieldguide.com), Hallberg’s novella offers a collaborative portrait of two fictional specimens and the environments they inhabit. Both established and up-and-coming photographers contributed to this edition’s lavish illustrations via the website, an ongoing, networked internet community. Part fiction, part reference work, part photo-essay, the book and exhibition invite viewers to consider the contemporary state of the American family.
Featuring the work of: Amy Elkins, Jonathan Gitelson, Jason Lazarus, Matt Nighswander, Tema Stauffer, Alana Celii, Alexis Pike, Ben Huff, Brandon Sorg, Brian Sorg, Catherine Gass, Chris Eichler, Christopher Salyers, Christy Karpinski, Colleen Plumb, Consider Vosu, Elizabeth Fleming, Grant Willing, Hans Gindlesberger, Jason Curtis, Jason Falchook, Jennifer Greenberg, Jessica Bruah, JJ Sulin, John Putnam, Kara Canal, Kevin Sisemore, Liz Kuball, Matthew Schenning, Maury Gortemiller, Michael Kwiecinski, Nicholas Meyer, Rebecca Blume Rothman, Sandy Carson, Shane Lavalette, Shawn Records, Stacy Arezou Mehrfar and Timothy Briner.