Amazon Best Seller Drainspotting now at no 4

So it seems to go up and down quite a bit, but Drainspotting is still sitting in the top 10 of the Amazon Best Sellers List for the last Month or so, under Asian Photography. It is also floating around the 40 - 50 mark for categories Architecture and photojournalism and has been doing this for about a month or two. I have not seen it at no 1 yet, but chances are it has been there, because they update this hourly. I only started checking it recently. If anyone knows if there is a graph of sorts, please let me know.

Check it out here

Amazon Best sellers List

Bellemeade Books and Forecast Public Art Christmas Book List

It's fifteen days before Christmas. Did you forget anyone on your twice-checked list? Or maybe you've just decided to have another nog and wander online until inspiration strikes, and "accidentally" discover something for yourself at 3 a.m.? In any event or whichever method you choose to shop, Santa's on his way -- that nimble and quick elf waits for no one.

Here are some titles published in the past year that have been reviewed in BellemeadeBooks.


View  List Here


Forecast Public Arts has also done a review on Drainspotting for their prestigious quarterly magazine. Tucked in the pages of Forecast Public Arts you will find a drainspotting article sitting along side some great other books picked out by the editors. Again, this is a great indication for a wonderful christmas gift. Find it on page 83...

www.forecastpublicart

No 3 on Amazon Best sellers in photography Asia

Last week Drainspotting Hit No 3 as  best seller In the catagory of photography, Asia. It has now dropped to no 12 but as last week was the first time i ever checked the result, i wonder if it was ever no 1. i cant seem to find a best seller graph.


Anyway, no 12 still isnt bad. It stayed up as no 3 for a over a week as far as i know.
If anyone knows how to check the history of best sellers on Amazon, please let us know.
                   
 Amazon Best Sellers

REMO INT WITH TV ASAHI JAPAN "WIDE SCRAMBLE"

Recently TV Asahi, Japan Channel 10 - Show Wide Scramble came to my studio and interviewed me about Drainspotting. The Japanese seem very proud that a westerner comes to their country and discovers something unique to share with the world. This is a typical Japanese lunchtime Variety show, where they do a small interview and then a panel of artistic academics discuss the item, in this case the Drainspotting Book. 

     

DRAINSPOTTING FOR IPAD/IPHONE & HITS THE GUARDIAN

Drainspotting has hit the Guardian, yes the Brits are all over Japanese Manholes...as funny as it sounds. See the link below for a gallery of close ups that are not necessaraly in the book or the Ipad/iphone App.

Drainspotting Extras is also available on Ipad/Iphone and has been a staff favorite in Australia, USA and now lets go for the UK Itunes store as a Fav!

                                           GUARDIAN APOST UK

                                    AVAILABLE ON THE APP STORE

                              

DRAINSPOTTING BOOK FIRST LOOK

DRAINSPOTTING FIRST LOOK:

ITS HERE! The Drainspotting book just arrived at my house for a preview and I now have it in my hands. Here are the first look photos of the book including the lovely gold embossing on the cover. Its an absolutely gorgeous piece of work, BRAVO Mark Batty Publisher, you have done it again. Drainspotting, the follow up to my first book Graffiti Japan. After 1 year of production the book hits the stores worldwide this May.

Be sure to keep an eye out, or order it online at amazon.com.

DRAINSPOTTING EXTRAS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES FOR IPAD

Drainspotting hard copy will be coming to a book store near you soon, but for a preview of this wonderful book you can now download the IPAD version from Itunes store. This elegant IPAD companion features over 50 extra manhole covers and photographs that are not included in the hard back copy, and it serves as an electronic companion to the book. In this copy, View the process of making manhole covers at the Nagashima factory in a photo essay and discover the first look of manholes documented through beautifully crafted photographs and stylish design in a coffee table type book on your IPAD. Visit this hidden Japanese culture for the first time, documented in a complete volume of work including  electronic and hard back. 
                   DOWNLOAD NOW FROM ITUNES

                   http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/drainspotting/id364587681?mt=8

NTERVIEW WITH MY NINJA PLEASE

                                  

VIEW INTERVIEW HERE
 http://www.myninjaplease.com/?p=12767

INTERVIEW WITH DAY IN THE LYFE

Interview by Knox Harrington from graffiti magazine Day in the lyfe

DRAINSPOTTING COMING SOON

Drainspotting will be released by Mark batty
Publlisher in the coming months. Until then welcome
to the online companion to the book Drainspotting
by Remo Camerota and Mark Batty Publisher.
Japanese manhole covers come in many shapes,
colors and sizes, and in Japan, scanning the streets
for a colorful and delightful array of manhole
covers has become a pastime, for both the Japanese
and foreigners looking to experience a distinctly
Japanese visual phenomenon: drainspotting.
I became fascinated by these covers while i was
photographing my first book "Graffiti Japan" also
published by Mark batty Publisher. So of course
with the suggestion by my good friend
Michael Shaun Conaway and the help of my Partner
Hisako Emura we made the first ever book on the subject.
There are many websites dedicated to these wonderful
artifacts, created by the many manhole
maniacs online, and there are even manhole museums
spread throughout Japan, but now there
is the full glossy color book.In this blog i will include
photos and info that did not make it into
the book. And as photographing these manhole
covers is like treasure hunting, i will endeavor
to display newly found drain covers that appear after
the book has been printed and on the shelves.
You can check out my other titles at
www.markbattypublisher.com and www.graffitijapan.com