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Last post: 2 years, 10 months ago | Thread started: Oct 9, 09, 7:30 a.m.

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• janne76

  List them here.

  So far i have:
  http://eu.asukabook.com/
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  http://www.photobookpress.com/bo…

  

  

  

  Oct 9, 09, 7:30 a.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  Paper Chase
  

  

  http://www.paperchase.net/

  http://www.paperchase.net/servic…

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:36 a.m. – Permalink

• imnotadesigner

  http://www.photobookcanada.com/?…
  

  

  • cheers– janne76

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:39 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrick

  just want to say - NOT blurb. i just got in a set of books printed with their custom b3 workflow - good color and sharpness, and decent color matching, BUT, since you are forced to use .jpgs instead of pdfs with the b3 workflow, there is mysterious jpg artifacting around colored text (they must downsample the jpgs or something?), plus the imagewrap hardcovers do not look good - kind of muddy resolution, not very pro at all.

  that's it.

  • yeah that sucks– janne761/2

    Thanks for the heads up I was going to use them...– iheartfun2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:50 a.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  now tell me, what are you going to print

  • nothing yet. maybe a *cough wedding book soon...– janne76

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:51 a.m. – Permalink

• duckofrubber

  bigtrick -

  Blurb now has a PDF workflow. Why would you use JPGs?

  • he may not have known– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:52 a.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  why are all these companies obsessed with kitschy wedding samples, ffs!?

  • AHHAAHAHAHHAHA– Paralell1/2

    That's where the money is.– nb2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:52 a.m. – Permalink

• duckofrubber

  http://www.blurb.com/make/pdf_to…

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:54 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrick

  duckofrubber - i used their b3 process:

  http://www.blurb.com/b3info

  which forces you to use their booksmart software, which means no uploading pdf's ):

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 7:54 a.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  photobookcanada has some nice offers going

  http://twitter.com/PhotobookCana…

  • janne janne!– Paralell1/2

    Paralell Paralell!– janne762/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 8:08 a.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  bob books seems decent (UK)

  http://www.bobbooks.co.uk/

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 8:13 a.m. – Permalink

• duckofrubber

  bigtrick -

  Really? They make you use the Booksmart shite for that? Why does it have the PDF to book option in the menu on that b3 page? I've never used it, for the record, just wondering why the confusion?

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 8:17 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrick

  duckofrubber - i know, right? totally lame. our graphic designer had everything ready to go on the blurb site in pdf before we realized that there was no option to print using b3 workflow. this was just two weeks ago, too.

  hopefully blurb gets their act together and enables pdf-to-book when b3 gets out of closed charter phase. that would help a lot.

  • Sucks!– duckofrubber

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 8:24 a.m. – Permalink

• duckofrubber

  Did you contact them and ask? Or was it futile? If so, that does indeed blow!

  • yeah we called them up and their rep confirmed ):– bigtrick1/3

    yeah - we called them up and their rep confirmed ):– bigtrick2/3

    Oh, this does suck indeed.– duckofrubber3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 8:26 a.m. – Permalink

• Paralell

  no one mention LULU? wtf
  www.lulu.com

  • captain obvious, and not that pro in terms of image books imho..– janne761/2

    yeah, dont use lulu.– baseline_shift2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 9:34 a.m. – Permalink

• Paralell

  any more options?

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 10:37 a.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  *bump

  (what paralell says)

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  looky, i found another goood one:

  

  "Quality is paramount
  Being graphic designers with attention to detail, the quality of our books is paramount. Therefore, only high-end quality materials are used including: Italian linen cover fabric (as opposed to cheap buckram which other companies tend to use), premium heavy weight archival papers (prevents pages creasing, yellowing with age, and looking shabby after a few flip-throughs unlike some other companies, who for cost saving reasons, use thin paper stock for their inside book pages), professional state-of-the-art quality printing and stitched binding to ensure the books will last for years to come."

  http://signaturebook.com.au/inde…

  • Except they seem to want to design it for you, not just print it.– duckofrubber

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 11:51 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrick

  man janne, you are clearly the best resource for finding book printers. keep it up!

  • cheers! i never knew about these, but always, always kept wondering if these high end ones exist..– janne76

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 12:15 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  

  EditionOne books does small runs, from 5 copies and up, against very decent prices and good possibilities such as front and spine foil stamping, dust jacket etc.

  Specialized in visual arts, so they take care!

  

  http://editiononebooks.com/
  Berkeley, California.

  • use their calculator!
    http://editiononeboo…– janne761/5

    can they do any size?– doesnotexist2/5

    or do you have to stick to their sizes?– doesnotexist3/5

    i don't know, check their site or email them. they seem passionate enough to help you out in any situation.– janne764/5

    true enough.– doesnotexist5/5

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 12:20 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  on another website this one was in the list of short-run printers, it doesn't seem to be mentioned on their website, but shiiiiit, these guys are dedicated (and idealistic) and the website is quite stunning for a printing company:

  

  http://www.artigraficheboccia.it…

  based in Italy

  • nice site....indeed.– Mishga1/2

    yeah. very nice site for a printing company.– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 9, 09, 12:39 p.m. – Permalink