Making your own book - even if only you will buy a copy
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:49 am
To help my kids remember their Muir Trail hike, I took the plunge and tried out the blurb.com one-off book printing service. Very impressed with it, and since there won't be any more sales than the handful the family will buy, the cost per copy is quite reasonable compared to the 100 book self-publishing options I read about a few years ago
http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/1047557" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Before I made and ordered this rather large and expensive book, I just searched among the thousands of books offered and bought a small book using the same paper and binding I had in mind of using to sample what these books are like. If you ever thought of making your own book, take a look at these people or similar services by http://www.lulu.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (blurb books can be larger, which appeals to photo users more).
There's something special about holding your own memories in hand bound in a hardcover book of substantial size and weight. No web gallery or shoe box of printed pictures comes close to the sense of gavity a big photobook conveys. I'm considering to go back into my archive and pull out a few good ones from thousands of old images and make a few more books.
http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/1047557" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Before I made and ordered this rather large and expensive book, I just searched among the thousands of books offered and bought a small book using the same paper and binding I had in mind of using to sample what these books are like. If you ever thought of making your own book, take a look at these people or similar services by http://www.lulu.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (blurb books can be larger, which appeals to photo users more).
There's something special about holding your own memories in hand bound in a hardcover book of substantial size and weight. No web gallery or shoe box of printed pictures comes close to the sense of gavity a big photobook conveys. I'm considering to go back into my archive and pull out a few good ones from thousands of old images and make a few more books.