Have any of you used blurb.com?
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- ********
they look quite good.
- monospaced0
I am impressed, considering how cheap it is.
- indian_pole0
really good value and good quality, dude here at work did a book recently.
- ********0
cool.. thx - i'm gonna try them out ... it looks v good
- PIITB0
looks interesting.
- jaylarson0
make sure your pics are high enough res. i recommend using a custom / full bleed template as their type selection and layouts are a bit daft.
Start here: http://theartofengineering.wordp…
If you have a page entirely of text, make sure the image is a png not jpg.
- ********0
you have to submit text as at bitmap? that's daft
- wordssssss0
its good.
- jaylarson0
too bad neither Lulu or Blurb accepts pdfs for picture books. Lulu will do it only for text...
- ********0
^ looks like blurb customers are getting impatient waiting for PDF uploads
- thenuge0
I used it, didn't use their layouts. I created my own and followed their guidelines for submitting your own layouts. The quality was good, however a co worker recently created a book with them and she paid for the high quality paper...it looks so much better.
- ********0
i find the idea of getting my own book printed very exciting - i need to get out more.
- ********0
That so cool. I might give it a go.
- SillyBilly0
yes we can
- Luda0
blurb now has PDF uploads.
I got mine together in time to enter the Photo Book Now competition, but the book needs ordered first, and then there's the entry fee. I lost my job almost 3 months ago now and can't really justify the fees, dammit.
- OSFA0
I would also recommend it. I did a book a while back and the process was easy, fast and cheap. They're nice quality also.
- Luda0
Just got mine back and good quality paper, and well packaged so it won't get damaged by kak-handed postal workers.
- applepirate0
nice luda. looks good.
what was your total print cost?
- Luda0
To get it ordered and shipped to Ireland address was around £50. It's the largest size of book they print, hence the price.