What people are saying . . .

 

"The Art Lover’s Guide has been a big asset to the art community. The guides are picked up in our gallery and are used all the time by our gallery visitors . . . by tourists and locals. A BIG Thanks for your very hard work organizing it and getting it out to the public."

Women & Their Work 2005

"Great job, here, Barbara! This is a great book thanks to you! I hope you know how much I appreciate your help with it."

Virginia Vaughan
2008

"Wow, Barbara!
I love the wedding book! The pictures you used are excellent. You did a great job."

Katherine Minns
2009



"Dear Barbara, you have designed and created an absolutely stunning book! I'm actually in awe of what you were able to do with a few short, simple verses of rhyme! Kudos to you!
I think we have ourselves a fantastic book! Many thanks to you."

JH
2009

Barbara, you're the bee's knees!

Thanks,
Daryl Bunn
2010



Everything really looks good. You've done a great job. Excellent work.

Thanks.  RG
2010


Barbara, I hope we can work together again.  You have been so patient with me. Thanks again for all you have done to make my little book so special.

Vivian Kennedy
2011

[The book] looks great. Thanks for finding these small ways to make it better. I am so very pleased with you and blurb.com.

Gretchen Lee Rix
2011

Barbara, I can’t thank you enough. I could not have done this without you. All the best along with my warmest appreciation.

Willma Gore
2011

Our Work
Book Examples

Art Lover's Guide, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (2004–2007)

In 2003 Tome Town founder Barbara Lugge founded and published Art Lover's Guide, an annual art guide covering central Texas. She coordinated work from artists, designers, editors, writers, proofreaders, photographers, and printers to complete the first issue. For subsequent editions, she handled the book’s design and layout entirely. Each year 60,000 guides were printed.
View sample pages of Art Lover's Guide, Volume 3.
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Last Year on the Farm, A Story of Change

Artist Virginia Vaughan hired Barbara Lugge to help her publish a book featuring some of the 365 plein air paintings she had done during the last year she spent on her farm. The book includes more than 150 of Vaughan's plein air paintings. Vaughan has sold hundreds of copies of her book, and her paintings have exhibited in museums around the country.
Link to Last Year on the Farm via Blurb.com.
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Wedding Books

A handsomely printed, case-bound book is a wonderful way to display your favorite photographs and share them with family and friends.
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One day,

This book of poems was created for a client to present to his wife on their wedding day. The book is private, so no preview is available. (Read comments signed "JH" at right.) ______________________________________

Blacktop Windjammers in the 21st Century

This book is a collection of hood ornament photographs Tome Town founder Barbara Lugge and her husband took over a 20-year period. They often joked about printing a coffee-table book, knowing the expense would be prohibitive. That is, until now!

Link to Blacktop Windjammers via Blurb.com
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Take a Deep Breath: Hawaii Snorkel Adventures

A collection of underwater photographs taken by Lee Lugge off the coasts of Maui and Kauai, Hawaii.

Link to Take a Deep Breath, Hawaii via Blurb.com
View selected pages from Take a Deep Breath, Hawaii
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Take a Deep Breath: Cozumel Snorkel Adventures

A collection of underwater photographs taken by Lee Lugge off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula.

Link to Take a Deep Breath, Cozumel via Blurb.com
View selected pages from Take a Deep Breath, Cozumel
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Spicewood Beach Bird Sightings

A log book for recording past and future bird sightings in Spicewood, Texas.

Link to Spicewood Beach Bird Sightings via Blurb.com
View selected pages from Spicewood Beach Bird Sightings
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Little Brew by Barbara Lugge

For two days in 1977, I was allowed free reign of the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas. I was there on assignment, the final assignment for my photojournalism course at the University of Texas, in Austin. Upon the brewery's 100th anniversary in 2009, I decided to pull out my old slides to make this book. The Shiner brand of brews is winning awards in worldwide brewers’ competitions. Every drop still handcrafted at the “Little Brewery” in Shiner, Texas.

View selected pages from Little Brew
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Portfolio: Barbara Lugge

For showing your work in print, a bound book makes a polished presentation. Your book file can be saved as a PDF for on-screen viewing.
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Daryl J. Bunn Fine Art

This book features photography by artist Daryl Bunn. Included are studies of botanicals, feathers, seashells, and other images.

Link to view or order this book via Blurb.com
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Wall of Welcome

This book features photographs of a beautiful mosaic wall conceived by artist Jean Graham. Tome Town took the photographs, designed, and prepared art for the 200-page book, as a donation to the neighborhood where the wall stands.
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Following the Leaders by Jim Kitchen

A prototype designed for an MBA thesis featuring interviews with top business, political, academic, and cultural leaders.
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Sefton by Gary A. Grelli - A family history

Tome Town reconfigured the author's text file to match the print provider's specifications and created art for the cover. This paperback book is serving as the preliminary printing of the family's history, to be revised as more information is gathered from family members.
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Tuwalanki by R.G. Andersen-Wyckoff

Tome Town applied typesetting standards to the author’s text file, prepared print files for the cover, and assisted with illustrations in the text.

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Heel, Heal by Vivian J. Kennedy

Tome Town designed the book's pages, applied typesetting standards to the manuscript, and prepared art for the cover using the client's photograph.
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The Cowboy's Baby by Gretchen Lee Rix

Tome Town designed the cover using the client's photograph, and designed and typeset the book's pages.
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Iron Grip by Willma Willis Gore

Tome Town helped author Willma Gore self-publish her memoir. Barbara Lugge designed the book's pages and applied typesetting standards to the manuscript. Gore commissioned an artist's rendering for the cover image.

 

© Tome Town, 2009