Blurb Italy book has arrived
Monday, February 4th, 2008
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Well, the book is done and is here. It looks great!! The 138 pages was thinner than I thought it would be, but it is still a pretty big book.
see all the sample pics here
So it took about 6 days to print and 8 days to ship. The wait was painful, but it arrived on time. Looking through it I noticed a few things that I would take note of.
1) Quality of the Shot Matters
I noticed that the difference between dull and sharp was highlighted in the book. Those are differences I may have noticed if I had put the book together using better displays, but it should be useful to note that the sharper the print you can get, the better results you'll have. My exceptionally sharp prints seem to just pop out.
2) Print Quality Issues (spots)
Prints on black backgrounds or with lots of black in them seemed to have a tendancy to show spots on them. In my mind this is to be expected, but I mention it so that you aren't caught off guard when your first order arrives. Most of the spots are solo and they only occur on a few pages. There are 2 pages towards the back where the spots are more prominent (see picture).
3) Print Quality Issues (color abnormalities)
I've printed one other book before and it was from Apple. In the book there were 2 shots where a certain shade of blue was missing causing a pixilated effect in 2 areas. Something semi similar occurred this time as well.
The yellow area should have printed white, but came out yellow for some reason. Since this only mildly detracts from the shot and it only happened once, I'll write it off as the gamble of cheap, custom, printing. Since this was the only mistake, I would say that a > 99% success rate is wonderful.
This error turns out to be mine, upon further examination of my original print, there is indeed a tint of yellow in those clouds as you can see here. Sorry blurb! This is another reason why creating a photobook on anything other than the best display is like playing russian roulette.
Summary
So, again, I am very happy with the book. I'm sure it will sit on my coffee table for years to come and be joined by many more creations. For the size and quality, the price can't be beat.
After seeing the results, I would recommend blurb to everyone.
See the Final Product Here:
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thats kool but if you want to print more books let me know i;m from Nepal and we are offset printer too and i;m hobby photographer. |
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Posted by subhakar (email) @ 02/06/2008 2:46 AM |
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Nice post. I\'m also quite happy with a book I made with blurb. The blurb forums have a number of people complaining about the colors and sharpness in their prints, but I\'ve had no problems at all in the 2 books I\'ve made. |
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Posted by tim (email) @ 02/07/2008 5:59 PM |
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Thank you for a rather informative post, i'd love to publish my own book and this has certainly encouraging. There are a few glitches with the printing it seems, but all in all i love your book, great outcome and beautiful photography.
Many thanks,
Sarah |
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Posted by sarah france (email) @ 04/25/2008 4:52 AM |
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Thank you for the specific, informative review.  I plan on using blurb in the very near future in correlation with my photography business, and some photo essay projects I have in my head. It was good to hear a review from a photographers perspective. |
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Posted by rty (email) @ 09/09/2009 9:52 AM |
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Wow looks good. It hard to really see the quality from the pictures, but from what i can see it looks amazing. I have a book coming up pretty soon so I might check it out |
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Posted by housebreaking a boxer (email) @ 10/15/2009 1:42 PM |
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Seems like a very nice review mate! Would also be considering Blurb based on your wonderful review. |
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Posted by petmeds (email) @ 11/10/2009 8:32 AM |
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