book publishing

Kersten Howard is a land and sea scape photographer, born and raised in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. He has recently published his first book showing the natural beauty of his home county. Filled with panoramic images of both inland and coastal views; including a forward from landscape photographer Paul Gallagher, extended captions about each location as well as details of the settings and equipment used to capture the image - ‘Under Celtic Skies’ is a must have coffee table book for anyone interested in landscape photography or the county of Pembrokeshire. We spoke to Kersten about the process of getting his first book published. Hi Kersten, thank you for taking the time to speak to us; can we jump right in and start by asking how you found a publisher for your book? I approached some publishers about five years ago, after a friend had a book published, but had no luck getting a contact at the time. I waited about three years and then tried again, this time Graffeg, the independent welsh publisher who published my friends book, agreed to publish a calendar; after that they suggested putting a book proposal together. They have now published my 2015 and 2016 calendars of Wales, a pack of greeting cards (taken from the 2016 calendar) as well as this book. It was a long process to get the contract and took about a year between the contract being agreed and the book arriving from the printers on the 1st September this year, but it was worth it and it gave me time to select and edit the best images from my portfolio. What was the selection process like, did you start with certain images from your archive [...]