{"id":3730,"date":"2019-08-19T17:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2019-08-19T17:45:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:45:20","slug":"my-book-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/my-book-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village-update\/","title":{"rendered":"My book: The Gargoyler of Greenwich Village (update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to say I now have printing for the book arranged again and the quality of the printing is excellent as before. I tried an alternate printer that was a little less cost and as soon as I got the two samples I ordered I immediately regretted it, the photos were muddy and dark, the colors washed out and even the actual photos as printed were not as clear and were somewhat &#8220;hazy&#8221; as you can see in the photo below, the upper photo in each set is the alternate printer, the bottom was printed by Amazon\/KDP, mind you the original Kodak print dates back to the 1970s and has damage to it that isn&#8217;t going to go away like magic at the printer, but you can clearly see how poor the alternate printer&#8217;s work was- darker, not clear, foggy or hazy, detail is lost, the colors are dull. In contrast the Amazon\/KDP is warmer, clearer\/sharper, no &#8220;haze&#8221; and more vibrant colors.<\/p>\n<p>These are just quick snaps with an iPhone of the two books laid on the kitchen counter;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/my-book-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village-update\/screen-shot-35\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3731\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"922\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/my-book-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village-update\/screen-shot-35-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3732\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-35-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"921\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The gloss cover on both printed books however looked the same and excellent;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/my-book-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village-update\/img_5908\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3733\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3733 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5908-e1566236343941-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can order a signed, numbered copy directly from me for $35 total, ppd,\u00a0<\/strong> or you spend more and get it from Amazon for $39.95 plus tax and shipping but they won&#8217;t be signed or numbered as they won&#8217;t pass through my hands, link to order the book;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AzcBTC9KsT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbansculptures.com\/cart\/product\/my-book-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village\/\">My BOOK The Gargoyler of Greenwich Village<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbansculptures.com\/cart\/product\/my-book-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village\/embed\/#?secret=AzcBTC9KsT\" data-secret=\"AzcBTC9KsT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;My BOOK The Gargoyler of Greenwich Village&#8221; &#8212; UrbanSculptures\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to say I now have printing for the book arranged again and the quality of the printing is excellent as before. I tried an alternate printer that was a little less cost and as soon as I got the two samples I ordered I immediately regretted it, the photos were muddy and dark, the colors washed out and even the actual photos as printed were not as clear and were somewhat &#8220;hazy&#8221; as you can see in the photo below, the upper photo in each set is the alternate printer, the bottom was printed by Amazon\/KDP, mind you the original Kodak print dates back to the 1970s and has damage to it that isn&#8217;t going to go away like magic at the printer, but you can clearly see how poor the alternate printer&#8217;s work was- darker, not clear, foggy or hazy, detail is lost, the colors are dull. In contrast the Amazon\/KDP is warmer, clearer\/sharper, no &#8220;haze&#8221; and more vibrant colors. These are just quick snaps with an iPhone of the two books laid on the kitchen counter; &nbsp; &nbsp; The gloss cover on both printed books however looked the same and excellent; &nbsp; You can order a signed, numbered copy directly from me for $35 total, ppd,\u00a0 or you spend more and get it from Amazon for $39.95 plus tax and shipping but they won&#8217;t be signed or numbered as they won&#8217;t pass through my hands, link to order the book; My BOOK The Gargoyler of Greenwich Village &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,15,19,29,52,57,70,72],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sculptures","tag-architectural-artifacts","tag-architectural-terracotta","tag-book","tag-george-elmsley","tag-midland-terracotta","tag-new-york-city-tenement","tag-texturing-the-clay","tag-the-gargoyler-of-greenwich-village"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}