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Book Publishing

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Posted by Rick Turner on September 4, 2014 at 12:26 PM
I have been commissioned to print 50) 10x10 books for a client of my works and wonder who to use for the production.

i have a printer here in Dallas but the price is too high at ~ $40/book. Looking for 20 pages = 40 sides of photographs.

Thanks in advance :jump:
Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 4, 2014 at 12:59 PM
Rick, two that I know of and I known folks who have used both with excellent results.

My Publisher

Blurb
Posted by Mark Seaver on September 4, 2014 at 1:31 PM
Rick, I've used Mpix and MpixPro for prints both submitted directly and from my web site and been very happy with the results (colors right first time). MPix offers a 20 page book at 10 x 10 for $30.

http://www.mpix.com/products/photobooks]
Posted by Max Waugh on September 4, 2014 at 4:44 PM
Blurb allows for a lot of flexibility in design, and with their bulk discount you can save a bit (their pricing is even better for books with more pages, from my experience).

Shutterfly is generally okay, quality-wise. I only mention them because they offer a lot of specials that sometimes get your pricing down in the $25-30 range for a 10x10. The main thing you have to remember with them is to go in and turn off the "VividPics" color correction after you've uploaded your images.

Max
Posted by Rick Turner on September 4, 2014 at 5:08 PM
Thanks for the quick replies. any more appreciated.

Rick :wavey:
Posted by Angela Classen on September 8, 2014 at 10:44 PM
I too have used Blurb with fairly good success. There are tons of layout options and you can totally customize, which is nice. As someone mentioned above, they do offer discounts the more you buy.