A cave diving coffee book?

[ShagMan]

I've love to have a nice coffee book on my table at home, that people could flip through, and see lots of high quality stunning pictures of some of the caves that we dive. I don't really need any textbook type stuff, just something a non-cave-diver could enjoy.

I have searched amazon.com, and I checked Jill H.'s site, and nobody seems to have published such a thing.

What can you guys recommend?

 

[TSandM]

I bought Hidden Splendors of the Yucatan at the NACD booth at DEMA. It isn't Florida caves, but it is truly a gorgeous coffee table book. It's available from the NACD online HERE.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Shagman, you have a camera, lets make a coffee book dude!

 

[Dive-aholic]

I second Lynne's recommendation. Jen and I received that book as a gift from our cave instructor when we completed our training with him.

Mat, I'm up for putting together a North Florida book. I have a bunch of photos on my 'puter and you have the knack for telling the stories! Let's put it together!

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Rob, the idea's seriously been rolling around in my head for quite some time. I've got a ton of surface shots, but nothing underwater. It'd be great to have some high quality UW shots.

 

[Dive-aholic]

I don't know how "high quality" my shots are, but lately all the photos I've been taking have been on the best setting my camera allows. It's only a P&S, but some of them are coming out pretty decent. I also know how we can get a sample publishing for a decent price. Let's take this to PM or e-mail.

 

[GLENFWB]

I just finished putting a book together with my pictures. At our last dive club meeting, a lady brought her book and showed it to us. It is very simple and extremely reasonable to get a hardback coffee table book of your pictures. I just did one..20 pages of pictures, hardback...for $42 delivered! It should be here Tuesday. Check out this website...it is great. They even gave me a certificate for a free book, so I got two for that price.

http://www.mypublisher.com/

Mat, go check out the book I did...you can see it online...you are in it!

Go to the address listed above....then enter the following info:

BOOK ID 1009137
PASSWORD 2555485

Hopefully I can get some cave pictures after Shagman and I finish Intro...AND of course I eventually get to the point that I can bring a camera with me. That is assuming that Shagman and I can survive Rob's class.

I don't know how "high quality" my shots are, but lately all the photos I've been taking have been on the best setting my camera allows. It's only a P&S, but some of them are coming out pretty decent. I also know how we can get a sample publishing for a decent price. Let's take this to PM or e-mail.

 

[drrich2]

Another option for 'coffee table' type books is Blurb, which I use (I'm not a cave or cavern diver, though).

And while it'd be more in-depth to learn, self-publishing via Lulu.com would give you a lot of versatility.

Richard.

 

[ShagMan]

Wow glen, not bad at all, I liked it!

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Damn Glen, that was awesome dude!

I almost spit out chocolate milk at the starfish attack picture, I hadn't thought about that in ages!