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Jun 17, 2019 10:18:57   #
qualtalk
 
Greetings!

We are going to produce a series of photo books to give as gifts to our clients. We are anticipating that these will include one of my images on the right-hand side of the book and an inspirational quote on the facing left-hand page.

Can you share your recommendations for printers or online services we could use to print these?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Jun 17, 2019 10:30:26   #
Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan
 
I've found it's somewhat hard to find an 8.5 x 11 normal size and shape book if that's the ratio you were looking for.

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Jun 17, 2019 10:33:26   #
qualtalk
 
We can be somewhat flexible, but we're looking for a solution that will allow us to include a photo with a "standard" landscape-orientation aspect ratio and with minimal cropping off the sides of the image.

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Jun 17, 2019 10:48:56   #
JimRPhoto Loc: Raleigh NC
 
We use either Shutterfly on line, or Costco on line with store pickup. Both good, with Shutterfly having better custom features. Shutterfly runs specials, lie 50% off, or free shipping, or free extra pages. Good luck, JimR

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Jun 17, 2019 10:54:48   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
I like Adoramapix. You can use their templates, but I prefer to start with a blank page and put the pictures where I want them.

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Jun 17, 2019 11:12:00   #
PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago
 
qualtalk wrote:
Greetings!

We are going to produce a series of photo books to give as gifts to our clients. We are anticipating that these will include one of my images on the right-hand side of the book and an inspirational quote on the facing left-hand page.

Can you share your recommendations for printers or online services we could use to print these?

Thanks in advance for your help!


Consider COSTCO. Superb quality.

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Jun 17, 2019 11:12:49   #
tomcat
 
Snapfish

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Jun 17, 2019 11:18:35   #
dino21 Loc: McAllen, TX
 
I have used Nations and MPIX. Both have given me great books and Nations are highly rated. Others that are highly rated for you to check out are Bay Photo.

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Jun 17, 2019 13:09:19   #
louparker Loc: Scottsdale, AZ
 
If under 110 pages, Shutterfly is best -- I have tried many others but none compare with Shutterfly's print quality and customer service (if there is any problem they will redo at no charge until you are completely satisfied).

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Jun 17, 2019 14:06:53   #
markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ
 
JimRPhoto wrote:
We use either Shutterfly on line, or Costco on line with store pickup. Both good, with Shutterfly having better custom features. Shutterfly runs specials, lie 50% off, or free shipping, or free extra pages. Good luck, JimR



I've used them both. Good recommendations.
Mark

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Jun 17, 2019 14:59:48   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
qualtalk wrote:
Greetings!

We are going to produce a series of photo books to give as gifts to our clients. We are anticipating that these will include one of my images on the right-hand side of the book and an inspirational quote on the facing left-hand page.

Can you share your recommendations for printers or online services we could use to print these?

Thanks in advance for your help!


I've had good experiences with Adorama, but the most affordable (but good quality) I've been using so far has been with collage.com. I can only higly recommend them. Just recently I received an email with the title, > was it something we said?", so I clicked on it and it was from Collage.com, saying, we have not heard from you for quite a while and we want you back. They offered me a free book (incl. free shipping). It was a free 20 page book, so I went ahead, uploaded some pics and went for it. It is in the mail right now and should arrive shortly. Its nice to get something totally free, but that has been the experience with them throughout, a nice company to deal with!!

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Jun 17, 2019 17:10:53   #
dino21 Loc: McAllen, TX
 
I tried Shutterfly once and never again. I was very unhappy with the quality of the pages. These were for a wedding and I had them all redone at another Lab and it was night and day. (just my experience)

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Jun 18, 2019 05:43:15   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
qualtalk wrote:
Greetings!

We are going to produce a series of photo books to give as gifts to our clients. We are anticipating that these will include one of my images on the right-hand side of the book and an inspirational quote on the facing left-hand page.

Can you share your recommendations for printers or online services we could use to print these?

Thanks in advance for your help!


shutterfly.com

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Jun 18, 2019 06:37:20   #
Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky
 
qualtalk wrote:
Greetings!

We are going to produce a series of photo books to give as gifts to our clients. We are anticipating that these will include one of my images on the right-hand side of the book and an inspirational quote on the facing left-hand page.

Can you share your recommendations for printers or online services we could use to print these?

Thanks in advance for your help!


I have don several books with Blurb. They do a great job! You can even do a magazine if you like.

https://www.blurb.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl6LoBRDqARIsABllMSZtN8F9C9OtOZ-0Z4KU9Do2cmQB3_GiGmBgRJYVwPgTFLAh7UFbkyEaAtfuEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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Jun 18, 2019 07:39:14   #
willy6419
 
I'm very pleased with Piccaboo, which the majority in our camera club use. They run specials, so never pay full price. I love the durability and feel of the lay flat seamless product.

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