Self-Publishing Online
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- 74LEO
Does anyone have experience with using online publishing companies like Lulu, Blurb and Webook?
I'm leaning towards Blurb. How is the quality control?Thanks
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- baseline_shift0
dont use Lulu. Xerox quality prints.
- i had lots of banding and murky colorbaseline_shift
- I have heard that from 2 other people this morning. thax74LEO
- baseline_shift0
What do you plan to have published?
http://www.qbn.com/topics/606177…
also, paperchase looks pretty cool
www.paperchase.net
- harlequino0
My cousin does all her gallery books through Blurb. They looked really nice.
- version30
i liked blurb, chose high quality paper
- bigtrick0
re: blurb:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/606177…" just want to say - NOT blurb. i just got in a set of books printed with their custom b3 workflow - good color and sharpness, and decent color matching, BUT, since you are forced to use .jpgs instead of pdfs with the b3 workflow, there is mysterious jpg artifacting around colored text (they must downsample the jpgs or something?), plus the imagewrap hardcovers do not look good - kind of muddy resolution, not very pro at all.
that's it."
- version30
*pulls out blurb book
*looks for jpg artifacting
*looks up
*looks back down
*looks up
"still looking"also, on the back of my cover i have a full image print, perfect detail on eyelashes, super sharp
i have thin 8pt type as my numbering and it's perfect
- son0
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- bigtrick0
@version3, skt:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/606177…
"duckofrubber - i used their b3 process:
which forces you to use their booksmart software, which means no uploading pdf's ): "
- version30
say my name if you want but i don't know why though. i used their software and got the aforementioned results
- version30
oh btw, skt is right too
http://www.blurb.com/make/pdf_to…- Yeah this is great! Up to 80 pages? $35.00 with cover image wrap74LEO
- lumedia0
How is the quality of the binding on Blurb's "bookstore-quality books"?
- i've only gotten their dustjacketed hardcover. upto 80 pages they seem good enoughjaylarson
- all they do is make books, so I'm sure it's half decentmonospaced