self publishing photo books?

[Peter Blake]

thinking about throwing together a few snaps from my experiences here in Japan

Blurb I know about, who else is any good? (Blurb books apparently have a nasty habit of shedding their pages after a few flicks thru, but do have a nice compiling program. and a super deal on ebooks)

 

[Pete Askew]

I have bought several books from Blurb and am impressed by the quality. I've never experienced any problems.

 

[Davie Hudson]

i'm waiting for a couple as a companion to my exhibition, if they are any good i'll let you know ... if not we'll never talk of this again lol

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I was just looking at the blurb website a couple of days ago, so this thread is timely.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Apple's iPhoto books are very nicely done - and easy to assemble (assuming you have access to a Mac)

Print quality is excellent - as is paper weight and sheen

iPhoto accepts PSD files which I've previously tweaked, and uploads to Apple's print cloud service from there. (You can also use JPEG, TIFF etc)

Usually turn around in a week, depending on time of year (Christmas may take longer)

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Where does the Apple book get printed? Don't want to pay for import into the UK...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

They have in country printing Rob - so if you're an iTunes user in the UK, the book is printed and shipped in the UK

If you're in the US - then it's a US print and ship - all based on the registered iTunes account address I think

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Chris. I'll give it some thought.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Just had delivery of my first Mac-made photo book. It's beautiful. Didn't know my photographs were so nice!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

They do a nice job don't they Rob

I just had a batch of 2013 Calendars delivered from Apple - lovely finish to the stock paper/card - images look wonderful

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Good idea - if you have twelve good shots!

 

[Davie Hudson]

They do a nice job don't they Rob

I just had a batch of 2013 Calendars delivered from Apple - lovely finish to the stock paper/card - images look wonderful

i do one every year, they usually go quite quick

 

[Allan Batchelor]

ive used Photobox for a friends wedding album and its seemed quite good