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- move
Yo,
Anybody out there have any experience with lulu for printed portfolio pieces (books)? I participated in a student portfolio review this past summer and the students had killer books: granted the work was reflective of their experience/level, but the printing of the pieces was awesome.
Anyways, anybody have experience with having books printed? If so, can you recommend the company?
- dan100200z0
Never used Lulu but Blurb is another option... They produce nice books for a good price..
- katekelly0
i like blurb-- i printed a book a while back-- and was pretty happy with it. i had a bunch of images that had 1pt lines, that came out nice and crisp
- move0
blurb eh? Do you mind me asking how much the final cost was? Is it based on page count?
- katekelly0
I just printed a small softcover booklet-- it was about 30 pages...and $14. but i chose the b/w option, so it goes up from there
- utopian0
The word is Blurb!
- dopepope0
Lulu does the trick nicely for the most part. Naturally smaller projects tend to pull together with less or no flaws more so than larger ones. 95% of the time, any flaws were related to errors on the customers part, not so much the printing. But it does happen. Overall, I'd recommend them for sure.
- move0
thanks QBN Peeps!! Blurb it is!!!
- baseline_shift0
i used lulu and was unsatisfied with the print quality. it was real xeroxy with banding and murky color.
- colin_s0
i've used lulu a lot but am interested in blurb just because, yes, lulu's color can be sometime dense and murky. i don't mind so much tho, plus cost wise i believe they're a little less than blurb.
- ********0
yes,
i was completely disappointed...it was so murky that my text unreadable in spots, (and i used din, not some exotic font that might cause problems.) color reproduction was generally much greener and darker than any proofs i printed my self, and much less crisp..baseline was right, the books looked like color copies.