{"id":3302,"date":"2010-05-19T11:28:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2010-05-19T11:28:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T15:28:46","slug":"books-with-topical-themes-enjoy-wider-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/3302\/books-with-topical-themes-enjoy-wider-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Books With Topical Themes Enjoy Wider Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOne of the ways you can create a book that has wider appeal is to give it a topical focus. Books on well-known subjects (people, places, things, events, etc) have a built in audience \u2013\u00a0anyone interested in the subject. Comparatively few people know about and are interested in individual artists and so monographs focussed exclusively on an artist’s vision draw smaller audiences. Even books on a particular media process enjoy wider appeal.
\nIt may be challenging to convince a major publisher interested in mass distribution to produce an artist’s monograph without a topical focus. This shouldn’t stop you from producing one yourself. Many artist’s self-publish their own books. In the age of print-on-demand services (like Blurb) the cost, time and expertise required to produce these kinds of books has been reduced dramatically. These types of books tend to be targeted to niche markets. Nobody knows your audience better than you. Nobody will give your work as much sustained attention as you will. Producing your own artist’s book can be extremely fulfilling, you’ll come to understand your work better and learn to make it more effective. The few people who enjoy the fruits of your labor will savor it all the more knowing that it’s a rare experience.
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