21st May 2008
We’re sorry for the disappointment felt by the few of you who have expressed an interest in obtaining copies of Adam Ant Art, but sadly there are just not enough of you to make it possible.
Producing a book of the scope and size of Adam Ant Art is expensive, and has become more so since the ‘credit crunch’ has ramped up the price of paper, shipping and distribution in recent weeks. Before any book is undertaken there are costings to be made which are dependent upon the size of the print run and sale cost of the book. It has to make financial sense before such a big and expensive project as AAA is begun. Unfortunately the number of people registering an interest in the book has not come close to matching the minimum print numbers.
The only way that it might be possible to create the book would be to charge a very large price for it from buyers, which is not something that Adam wants to do.
Please note that the book was to be produced by Adam himself and was not being prepared with any publisher.
The publishers of Adam’s autobiography, Macmillan, have no interest in publishing AAA, neither does any other major publishing house, because they do not believe that it will sell enough copies to make it financially viable for them.
As we have always said, ‘in order to proceed we need to confirm a certain level of interest’ and that simply hasn’t been reached.
The idea may be raised again in the future if and when things change.
Once again, apologies for your disappointment.
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3rd March 2008
News of the Adam Ant Art book is spreading across the net, and the project has just been featured on Steve Spears’ Stuck in the 80s blog. The blog covers all aspects of eighties pop culture, from music to movies, TV and sport, and is part of the Florida St. Petersburg Times newspaper’s online presence.
Thanks to everyone who has put a link to adamantbook.com on their websites, blogs and MySpace pages. Registrations continue to come in, so it is all helping to make the book a reality! Don’t forget that if you haven’t already, you can use our banner graphics on your site.
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28th February 2008
The images posted here give a first look at a few of the pages inside the proposed Adam Ant Art book. It’s a luxuriously produced large format book with plenty of room to show off Adam’s fascinating artwork. These sketches and jottings – almost all of them never seen before - give a unique and very personal insight into Adam’s work and inspiration.
The images here show the opening pages from the ‘Sketches & Ideas’ chapter and three spreads from inside the chapter. These are:
- Cover ideas for Adam’s 1983 hit Puss ‘n Boots
- Set and costume designs for an appearance on the BBC’s Top of the Pops television show in 1983, sketched over a diary page
- Another diary page with jottings for the styling of the video to Strip, the follow-up single to Puss ‘n Boots. The subsequent video was famously banned by the BBC
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26th February 2008
As announced on adam-ant.net, we are very pleased to say that Adam has agreed to include a CD with the book which will feature songs recorded at last year’s Bloomsbury Theatre concert.
The concert, which took place on 24th September 2007, was the first time that Adam had played in many years and was received rapturously.
Exactly which songs will be included on the exclusive CD hasn’t yet been decided upon, but they will only be available as part of the book.
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18th February 2008
We’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas on the Adam Ant Art book, so we’ve now added a suggestion box to this website. You can use it to send us your feedback about the project, and although we cannot reply to your messages individually we will read them all. What do you think of the book idea? What would you most like to see inside? Click here to tell us.
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14th February 2008
If you have your own website or blog, we’d love it if you’d link to us. The more people who find this site and register their interest, the greater the chance that we can make the Adam Ant Art book a reality.We’ve made the two graphics shown here available for you to use. You can either download the image files and link them to adamantbook.com, or simply cut and paste one of the following two bits of code into your web page.
This first bit will display the horizontal banner on your page…
<a href="http://adamantbook.com" title="Adam Ant Art - Click here to find out more"><img src="http://adamantbook.com/banners/adamantart_banner_468x60.png" alt="Adam Ant Art - Click here to find out more" width="468" height="60" /></a>
…and this bit will display the vertical version:
<a href="http://adamantbook.com" title="Adam Ant Art - Click here to find out more"><img src="http://adamantbook.com/banners/adamantart_skyscraper_160x530.png" alt="Adam Ant Art - Click here to find out more" width="160" height="530" /></a>
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13th February 2008
It’s great to see that initial response to the book idea has been very positive, and we’ve had a good number of registrations so far. There’s still a fair way to go before the book can be confirmed, however, so if you haven’t already registered your interested please do so using the form on this page. And if you have already registered, please help us spread the word – you could tell your friends, mention the project on your blog or just add this site to your social bookmarks.
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12th February 2008
The Adam Ant Art project will only be viable if we can get sufficient interest, so it’s important that we let as many people as possible know about the project.
If you’d like to help, an easy way to do so is to add this site to your social bookmarks on sites like digg and del.icio.us, or to link to us on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.
You’ll find quicklinks to some of these sites at the bottom of every post on the blog – simply click on the link for the service you use and follow the on-screen instructions.
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12th February 2008
We’ve set up this site to keep you informed about the Adam Ant Art project. You can not only register your interest in the book, but also watch the blog for the latest updates and announcements. You may also like to subscribe to the RSS or Atom feed of posts to the site.
If the book is confirmed, we’ll ask you to return to the site again to preorder your copy.
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12th February 2008
Adam is considering putting together a new deluxe, illustrated book, provisionally titled Adam Ant Art.
It will be a very personal book from Adam that celebrates his artistic influences and inspirations, both musical and visual, and will include words and pictures on his musical and artistic heroes. The book will feature some of Adam’s unpublished original artworks, storyboards for videos, sketches, collages and original hand-written lyrics and lyrical ideas.
If this goes ahead it will be a lavish, full colour, hardback, priced at around £45. This special book will have a limited print run and will not be available in bookshops, it will be sold exclusively online, direct to Ant fans.
However, in order to proceed, we need to confirm a certain level of interest, otherwise the project may well need to be adapted due to the high costs involved in producing a book of this type.
You can register your interest in pre-ordering the book by entering your e-mail address in the box on this page. This is not a binding commitment and you will not be asked to part with any money at this stage. By registering your interest now you will help ensure the book does go ahead.
Once the ordering process begins you will be the first to know and, if you choose to purchase, guarantee yourself a copy of this special book from the limited run.
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Please note that the image of the book shown on this page is for illustration purposes only. The final book may look different.
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