Photo Book Printing? Experiences..?

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Photo Book Printing? Experiences..?

Post by Neil Baigent » Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:31 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi All

I'm pretty new to this forum so, first of all, hello!

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good photo book printer? There's so many out there! i don't really want to go over the £30 mark (for A4) but would if encouraged enough :)

Thanks a lot..
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Re: Photo Book Printing? Experiences..?

Post by Paul Mitchell » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:05 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Recently I've been hearing good things about www.bobbooks.co.uk

I personally use Blurb, I did a book based on my pinhole images earlier this year www.blurb.com/books/2140217

The advantage of using Blurb was being able use InDesign to design my own book and upload the files direct leaving me with total control over the design process.

Welcome to the forum BTW, when you have a minute why don't you give us a quick intro on the New Members thread...

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Re: Photo Book Printing? Experiences..?

Post by Steven » Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:24 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I've been impressed with the quality of Blurb's "pro" level photobooks. The colours are very close to what I saw on my cheap but calibrated monitor, and the paper quality is excellent. The software which you can download to set up your book is easy to use. And no, I don't have any connection with them...

Once you've placed an order with them, they regularly send offer codes of up to 30% off, so it's worth checking your spam filter. If you are going to need more than one copy of a book from Blurb, only order one copy to start with and wait for the discount.

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Re: Photo Book Printing? Experiences..?

Post by Neil Baigent » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:27 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Blurb looks really good actually, i think i'll try them & i'll watch out for the discount emails :D

Thanks for your replies, i've been meaning to post on the new members thread for a while, will do soon..

Neil
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