Orange County History Writers Wanted
by Steve
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Jerry Roberts, the acquisitions editor for Arcadia Publishing, wrote to me asking if I knew anyone interested in authoring a book for their popular "Images of America" series. Since I didn't, I thought I post it here.
They're also looking for folks interested in doing the same for their other series on sports, postcards, ethnic studies, campus history, corporate history, and their "Then and Now" series.
You can check out their website and get more info on each series...
http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Their series of books are heavily photo-centric. I own copies of several for towns here in the Inland Empire. The title for the town I live in is just all photos, and captions for each. Sounds pretty easy to author one of their books, you just gotta get access to a bunch of photos, postcards, and be knowledgeable enough to write some words about them.
Their new postcard series, and the "Then and Now" series looks really interesting.
If you think you're up to the task, contact Jerry Roberts by phone or e-mail...
Jerry Roberts
Acquisitions Editor
Arcadia Publishing
22708 Ravenna Avenue
Carson CA 90745
phone: 310-733-7080
fax: 310-834-9222
jroberts@arcadiapublishing.com
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Postcards From Anaheim
by Steve
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
If you're one of those rare breeds that loves old postcards of Anaheim motels, you're in luck. There's a book just for you.
"Postcards from Anaheim" celebrates the five years of the blog, "Synthetrix - Photos of the Forgotten", and devotes itself to vintage Anaheim motel postcards. It contains 96 pages of the Googie glory that once surrounded the Disneyland theme park.
Here's a blurb from the author, "Synthetrix"...
Greetings Orange County lovers!
Some of you might have visted my website "Photos Of The Forgotten" and seen all the great old postcard images of all the motels and hotels that once surrounded the magic kingdom. In honor of the site's 5 th anniversay this year, I have created a 94 page book of all these images. If you ever vistied Disneyland between 1955 and 1985, you'll see a lot of familiar places, like the famous INN OF TOMORROW, THE SPACE AGE, EDEN ROC, and many, many more. This book is also popular with folks who lived in or grew up in Anaheim or there abouts. Check out the link below for info on how to order. It's available in either soft or hard covered editions. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Buy the book online here...
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/96560If you're looking for photos of other Orange County cities, or SoCal cities, check out Synthetrix's blog for more photos...
http://synthetrix.blogspot.com/Labels: Anaheim, Books
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