Print A Book?
Aug 18, 2018 11:33:25 #
RichKenn
Loc: Merritt Island, FL
Back in 1968 my family and I took a cross country flying trip from Indiana to California and back. Fortunately we made it back! At the time I wrote a magazine article for a flying magazine but they did not print it. I have recently had the slides scanned and the "kids" are urging me to publish a little book. It has been a long time since I published a book of our travels so I am not acquainted with resources. So, if you kind people would give me advice about where to turn for help, I will appreciate it very much.
Aug 18, 2018 11:44:54 #
You can publish a book through Amazon, but while they do well out of it, the author tends to get very little for his efforts. If that doesn't bother you I believe it's an effective way to get lots of exposure.
Aug 18, 2018 11:48:44 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
I have used the website Snapfish to create books of our travels. It is more photo centric but could accommodate more text than I used. You can choose from different themes or create your own. It was easy to use and relatively inexpensive.
Aug 18, 2018 11:56:01 #
Aug 18, 2018 13:34:12 #
It seems this is a family thing, i.e., not to be published to make money. I've published several book and catalogs. The best company I've worked with is https://www.48hrbooks.com. The final product was very good, and the least expensive (since they are not trying to sell or promote your book. A caveat. Ask the person you are dealing with to see printed examples of their various papers, so you can pick the saturation and appearance of your photos.
Aug 18, 2018 16:58:57 #
Aug 18, 2018 23:17:29 #
RichKenn wrote:
Back in 1968 my family and I took a cross country ... (show quote)
There are a lot of options today. I publish my photography books using Blurb and lay them out in Adobe Lightroom, which has a direct connection to the Blurb site. You can also publish through the other places mentioned, as well as many other sites. Do a web search for the subject. If you are not text-heavy you can put the text into a photography book. If you want to self-publish a book with lots of text and a few photos that is a different subject completely. Adorama is another photography book publisher. I think you can do this on Bay Photo, too. And the list goes on and on. Each site offers something different and different pricing based on your choices. I always publish large coffee-table style photo books with some full-page spreads and sometimes even a 2-page photo spread. They are always around 50 or so pages, front and back, and cost around $100 as I use upgraded paper. They turn out very professional. But, again, there are many, many options for you so do some research on the subject and see which publisher meets your specific needs.
Aug 19, 2018 06:00:35 #
docphoto
Loc: Illinois
I use " Blurb.com". I've published and sold 6 books on blurb.com. Are you looking to sell your book or just for your own personal use ?
Aug 19, 2018 06:03:12 #
Simple, easy and the LOWEST overall cost and LOWEST per copy cost is by using Amazon's Createspace color layout and paperback printing. The quality is very good for the price (but not as nice as with coated stock and real photography printing). For example, set up is free; you do it yourself. You cannot beat that. They have very good instructions. The per copy cost of the last book I did was 6" x 8.5" with 70 full color images on 80 pages with some text was about $7. There are many size options. Amazon will even convert the whole thing into a Kindle file for free and also distribute it.
Aug 19, 2018 07:11:05 #
I have used Adoramapix for making several books. I have tried Blurb, My publisher, snapfish, etc. I use Adoramapix now all the time for books.
If you decide to use them. let me know by pm, we both get a discount if I refer someone.
If you decide to use them. let me know by pm, we both get a discount if I refer someone.
Aug 19, 2018 08:34:29 #
I do most of my photo work through Costco so when I wanted to do a Photo Book, I worked with them. The book can be completely designed on-line, font, text size, photos can be sized and moved, etc. When finished, just get a couple of them printed out (2 for $29.95).
I went with a 8-1/2 X 11 with 30 pages, more pages can be added at additional cost. They have three styles to choose from and have samples at the stores. I'm really impressed with the quality of the book and the photos, I'm having several done for Christmas presents.
Jack
I went with a 8-1/2 X 11 with 30 pages, more pages can be added at additional cost. They have three styles to choose from and have samples at the stores. I'm really impressed with the quality of the book and the photos, I'm having several done for Christmas presents.
Jack
Aug 19, 2018 08:36:46 #
RichKenn wrote:
Back in 1968 my family and I took a cross country ... (show quote)
If you want a book rather than a photobook, use Blurb.
If you want a photobook, I use Shutterfly (when they have sales - just got a 14x11 lay flat 110 page book for less than $50!)
Aug 19, 2018 10:23:02 #
I will also wholeheartedly endorse Adoramapix for photo books. Their base paper is excellent, prices reasonable, often have discount coupons. Set up is easy and standard delivery is fast. Photo reproduction is terrific. Good luck.
Aug 19, 2018 10:40:18 #
RichKenn wrote:
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If you happen to use LR, Blub is built into it. Very, very flexible with oodles of templets and the quality is good.
Aug 19, 2018 11:28:32 #
RichKenn wrote:
Back in 1968 my family and I took a cross country ... (show quote)
Van Volumes in MA(?) does private book printing.
http://www.vanvolumes.com/
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