LuLu vs. Blurb vs. Apple 2121 Responses

Last post: 4 weeks ago | Thread started: Jul 30, 08, 10:35 a.m.

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• eegrek

  Wondering which on is best for making a personal photo book. I've heard Apples quality (the book ordering through iPhoto) is crap but that was some time ago, maybe they've gotten better. Haven't heard any quality comments about LuLu or Blurb so I'm curious.

  Jul 30, 08, 10:35 a.m. – Permalink

• Meeklo

  apple puts their logo on the back, so I wouldn't consider it

  • +1– nicnichols

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 10:38 a.m. – Permalink

• Faction18

  Blurb is great, have used it many times.

  • They look like the specialize in photo books so they would have been my first gut choice.– eegrek

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 10:48 a.m. – Permalink

• nicnichols

  How about viovio.com as well? Anyone used them?

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 10:48 a.m. – Permalink

• monkeyshine

  You can elect to not have the Apple logo on the back of the book. I just printed a book with them and the quality was ok...not great but it was fine for what I needed.

  • no, that's why I wouldn't consider it.– Meeklo1/5

    oh wait..
    you can remove the logo you mean?– Meeklo2/5

    I had to read this 4 times in order to get it.. hahaha– Meeklo3/5

    yes, you can remove. there is a link in the application which you click or declick to remove. :)– monkeyshine4/5

    Do you declick to elect to remove, or do you click to decline to elect to not remove? I'm confused.– boobs5/5

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 10:49 a.m. – Permalink

• monkeyshine

  Don't you think all of these print on demand places are essentially using the same equipment? Do you really think quality varies that much?

  • Based on the different kinds of digital presses there are, yes, I do think it varies. I also think it depends on who they are after as clients.– eegrek1/2

    as clients. Obviously they want the masses so maybe the quality won't be great on all 3 options.– eegrek2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 10:50 a.m. – Permalink

• nicnichols

  Bought this book from Blurb, and it shipped the other day.. will post when it comes in ...

  http://www.blurb.com/books/29959…

  • info here: http://nicnichols.co…– nicnichols

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 10:56 a.m. – Permalink

• JG_LB

  blurb for me. wee wee

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 11:02 a.m. – Permalink

• Dr_Rand

  do you have to use blurb's software, or can you provide a pdf?

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 11:16 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  blurb lets you create a book from your own pdf pages if you'd like, and a miniscule fee to get rid of their branding. These print on demand services are great for students looking for something a little different when looking for work.

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 11:18 a.m. – Permalink

• lherb

  This one's in Toronto but the quality is great, maybe you can get it shipped. http://pikto.com/books/ they have there own layout software but it's pretty flexible.

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 12:06 p.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  yeah this is all great but you can't choose paper stocks or proof the job...it's always a shot in the dark.

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 12:32 p.m. – Permalink

• inhaler97

  My mom had an apple book printed, and one printed from lulu.com Apple had Great results, better than lulu's. Ive seen some from blurb, and The results were pretty horrid, but I dont know if the author used any color management at all.
  Im looking to print one soon. Ill let you know how it goes.

  

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  Dog-earJul 30, 08, 12:39 p.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  Could I get away with using 150dpi images if I want to print a book with any of these?

  • depends on how shitty the digital press is I guess.– Point5

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 12:39 a.m. – Permalink

• mistermik

  So which is it then? Need to get some made for christmas.
  Giving out books with oads of photos of myself in.

  • In that case I would try Hustler publishing...– jevad

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 12:42 a.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  Seriously now, does anyone with experience (prferably BLURB) knows this? I don't know if their customer service reps will know this...

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 12:49 a.m. – Permalink

• nicnichols

  OS- I am putting a couple of books together now, and have been reviewing books from each service for my blog (not to plug it...) asking the authors what they liked/didn't like.. I also have about 6 books on my desk now that were sent to review.. I am gonna go with White House, and may also send the same book to lulu to see the differences... I want to end up with a good size step by step review for the blog..

  My wife had a few from white house done, and we liked the print quality... --> I did review "Instant Asshole" which was a blurb book, and it looked good overall, but the images were a little too muted for me..

  • Links?– fodcj1/2

    info on 5 diff books here: http://nicnichols.co…– nicnichols2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 6:43 a.m. – Permalink

• Faction18

  I have used Blurb a few times and love it.

  • great, based on experience, do you think I can get away with 150dpi?– OSFA

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 6:44 a.m. – Permalink

• Andrew_D

  It's too bad moo.com doesn't do photo flipbooks, they do great work for cheap.

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 7:01 a.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  I need to send a few books to print soon and might go with Blurb. How do you usually (the ones who have used it before) send your files? pdf? jpgs? tiffs? any tips?

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 7:05 a.m. – Permalink

• nicnichols

  Try this one OSFA.. def let us know how it works out (plus there is a girl in a bikini on it..)

  http://theartofengineering.wordp…

  • and she's waving to you...– nicnichols

  

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  Dog-earOct 23, 08, 7:11 a.m. – Permalink