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A book printer suggestions
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:04 pm
by jeffreylarmstrong@yahoo.com
Want to do a book of my photography. Any suggestions for some one that does good work at reasonable cost. Thx Jeff A.
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:41 am
by chuckkl
I have been using Blurb, since 2010. I have printed 31 books so far....super company !
Blurb.com
Good luck !
Chuck
www.pbase.com/hootpix
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:10 pm
by whitehead
I just spent a lot of time looking into this as well and Blurb offered the best overall (I was reviewing customer feedback posts and comments on the web) satisfaction from users - some others were up there on "quality" reviews but exceeded my price limit (150 USD for 200 pages color on "photo" paper). Adorama were my actual first choice and I was going to order a sample from them but the do not ship internationally.
I quickly put together a test on Lightroom of a few photographs (minimum order size 20 pages) and ordered a sample to check the quality. I was most pleased with the overall quality and so I ordered a 20 page sample through Lightroom - color profiles were good but the usual problem of prints being about .8 stops underexposed because they were profiled on an iMac backlit screen. I am now putting together the book using their bookright software.
It suits me as I only plan a very small print run (5) but the costs are really high compared to a "real" publisher. They do offer smaller sizes and ways to reduce costs but it takes away from what I wanted to produce (a coffee table book). If you use them make sure to search the web for a coupon - I found one for 40% off in July for my sample. I am putting together the final version on their bookwright software and scanning for coupons ;+)