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My only attempt with Blurb was utterly appalling."ĭavid Paterson: "I can confirm everything Roger says about Blurb-I currently have my fourth Blurb book in preparation and will undoubtedly do more in the future.
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Guy Batey: "I've been using Whitewall's books printed on Fuji Crystal Archive photo paper in Germany. They aren't Meriden Stinehour / Richard Benson / Swiss gnomes art productions but they do make a lot of people happy." Blurb print quality will never surpass the best conventional books but it will often be better than many mediocre commercial books. You need to read the instructions and plan on doing at least one round of experimentation to get it close. And real pros can build their books using Adobe InDesign CS and submit PDFs.
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Their mid-level BookSmart app rivals professional layout software from the 1990s. Blurb has steadily improved over the years and they offer several levels of 'book building software' with the base simple enough for a casual amateur to create a respectable family album in an evening or three. And there are much, much more expensive alternatives that are essentially bound volumes of high quality inkjets. But there are cheaper, somewhat cruder options. One-off Blurb books are unimaginably great deals compared to what an equivalent book would have cost just a few years ago. And publishing your best photos in books is a way to enhance the likelihood that they'll be around after your hard drive has crashed and your web-posting site has disappeared."įrank P: "I've been doing Print On Demand since the get-go and the pricing reflects what you get. "Self-publishing forces you to choose your best, portfolio-grade images. But Blurb does a good job, and they're worth it. I've done a few 12x12 hardcovers, which indeed cost around $100. Most of them are 'fine art' photos of our travels, in 8x10 softcover landscape format of about 100+ pages. Victor Bloomfield: "I'll second Rodger's positive comments about Blurb.
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This was a few years back, but trying to find someone who did full bleed was also a challenge, which is how I originally found Blurb." Even their cheaper options are significantly better than the more popular print-on-demand services we've all heard of. ( To see all the comments, click on the "Comments" link below.)ĭerek: "I've used Blurb several times non-professionally and have also been immensely pleased with them. Links in this post may be to our affiliates sales through affiliate links may benefit this site. Original contents copyright 2015 by Michael C. And thanks for the compliment about my images. They are a top-notch, professional printing house. However, the bottom line is that I don't know of anyone out there making Print-On-Demand books as well as Blurb does. After all, who would buy a book like this by itself for $125 or more? This book, on premium paper, cost me nearly $100 that's why I've issued it signed and limited and bundled it with an original signed print. There is only one problem, one that comes at the very end, called Payment: Blurb books are expensive.
Blurb also has a newer program, BookWright, that I haven't tried yet. I'm very careful and go over the manuscript with a fine-toothed comb, and it still takes me two or three proof copies before I get it exactly right. I have always used their original book design program, BookSmart, which I've found to be quite workable.
I'm always careful to upload high quality JPEGs, and have never had any issues with color balance or image density. I've been very happy with them and, equally importantly, no one who has bought one of my books has ever had a single complaint about production quality. Rodger, how has the Blurb experience been for you? Was the printing and color reproduction to your satisfaction? I was very impressed with your images.Ĭhester, this is my third book with Blurb.
In response to the "Strong Color" post featuring Rodger Kingston's book Looking for Edward Hopper, Chester Williams wrote:
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