On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:53 -0400, "Stan Halpin" <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > A noteworthy accomplishment and the book is a fine way to commemorate it. > Nicely done. (I also enjoyed going through your cross-country book.) > I do have one complaint though. Meg put together a scrapbook of sorts of > photos of her and her five roommates from college and the many reunions > they have had in the last 40+ years. We submitted it to Blurb on Tuesday > a.m., June 28, and didn't receive our FedEx delivery from Seattle until > today, Wednesday July 6. How is it that you got faster service?
Well, getting here is all downhill. :-)> Thanks for looking, Stan. > > A more serious comment on Blurb: Meg has another roommate reunion coming > up next week, she wants to take the book with her, and it took us longer > to get the book together than originally planned. So we ordered six > copies at once rather than just the recommended first proof copy. No > problems. Good binding, good printing. Yes - there are local operations that do Photo Books and I probably should try them. But the ones I've looked at are just not competitive with Blurb on price and the they even cost more for postage. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > stan > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > G'day all > > > > As I mentioned in my reply to Derby's recent post, Blurbing can be > > addictive! > > > > Having recently turned over 100 acceptances to the PPG, I thought it > > would be nice to have those in print. Hence "One Hundred Photos": > > > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2284776 > > > > I'm under no illusions about the quality of the photos - there are > > plenty of others on this list who are far more innovative than I. In > > fact, I'm no longer all that fond of some of the accepted photos but, > > damn it, they might be cliches but they're my cliches..... > > > > Anyway, the printing quality and colour accuracy is spot for all but a > > couple of the images. Blurb's Book Smart software is a bit clunky but > > you can work around its limitations. It might not be possible to > > produce the professional layout that Mark achieved with the 2011 PDML > > Annual using In Design, but Book Smart can still produce an attractive > > looking product. > > > > I continue to be impressed by Blurb, not just for the printing but the > > overall speed and efficiency of the operation. I uploaded on Tuesday > > night June 28 and FedEx arrived on my doorstep with the finished product > > on Tuesday morning 5 July - six and a half days and that included a > > public holiday in the US. The delivery started in Seattle and proceeded > > via Oakland and Honolulu on it's way downunder. > > > > Now - what can I get printed next.... > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
