![]() You can click on a book to get a 15-page preview.Īnna- I'll answer a few of your questions. Here's a link to one of my websites with three of my Blurb books featured. That way they won't be lost if something happens to you or to your computer or to the CDs/DVDs/HDs you use for photo storage. The important thing is that you do print or make books with some of your best photos. And their customer service is very quick to print and ship a replacement book if there is a problem.īottom line is, whichever you choose, you won't be disappointed, as long as you use high resolution, sharp, properly exposed images. Blurb has had issues with quality control and with buggy software, but recently they seem to be getting these under control. The paper used in Blurb books isn't as heavy or as glossy as the paper used by the others, but image quality is still very good. As the books get larger and heavier, there's more stress on the bindings, which are glued, not stitched, in all of these print-on-demand books. The books are available with up to 400 pages, although I'd recommend you keep them to no more than about 200 pages. They aim to offer 'bookstore-quality' books at lower prices than the others. And of course, if you've already spent several thousand dollars on a holiday, what's another $100 for a beautiful book to preserve the memories?!īlurb is kind of a 'new kid on the block', but they're catching up fast. The quality is high and quality control is good.įor these three, you are limited to 99 pages and costs are high, although they all often run special offers with discounts that will bring the prices down. IPhoto books are actually printed by My Publisher and there is little difference between the two, except that page layout options differ. With the others, when you go to upload your finished book, the images are processed before upload. And this partially explains why Shutterfly is the highest quality - because you upload your images at their full resolution and these are used to create the book. With the others, you download software, create the book on your own computer, then upload the finished book. Shutterfly is also different in that you first upload your photos to create albums on the server, then you create your book online. The best for print quality is Shutterfly, although the others are slowly catching up. I teach photography courses and received questions about these books from students, so I made sample books in order to show the differences. I've done books with iPhoto, My Publisher, Shutterfly and Blurb.
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