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09/22/2009 08:20:10 PM · #1 |
My Dad has an amazing pottery collection, most likely upwards of 800 pieces. My girlfriend used 118 of these specifically from the Southwest Pueblos for a GIS course and I shot all the photos for them for her presentation. My Dad's birthday is coming up and I want to turn this into a photobook for him. I would like to have one image per page with some text below saying who created it, which pueblo and when. Pretty simple I think. I am just looking for a place that will print a 100+ page photobook. Roughly 60 sheets of paper. I started with mpix, because they said you can do 50 pages, but this is only 25 sheets and so I would have to double or triple some pages with images. I would prefer one to a page. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I could get this done? If you find somewhere that does this, could you also let me know if you have experience with the company? Thanks for the help.
Joe |
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09/22/2009 08:30:35 PM · #2 |
| Have you looked at Asuka? |
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09/22/2009 08:43:24 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by ericwoo:
Have you looked at Asuka? |
Went to register, but says it will take a couple days before it lets me do anything. I don't have a website built yet so we will see how it goes. Any idea on their prices? |
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09/22/2009 09:45:51 PM · #4 |
If it is a one of....you could try Lulu.com
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09/22/2009 10:37:01 PM · #5 |
if you have a mac and iPhoto, or a friend with one, creating a book in there is pretty easy, nice quality, and you can do a "print-save as pdf" sorta thing besides.
I did a simple folio book with black pages, spiral bound (I wanted it to lay flat when opened). 28 pages (counting front and back covers) with only 3 all text pages (title page up front, credits and contact info at the back) and text with each image--came to about 30 bucks with expedited shipping, so figure roughly a buck a page as an estimate depending on page size (mine was 8.5 x 11). For me, the bulk of the time was selecting images up front to go in, and then gathering all the model, MUA, hair and fashion stylist credit info for each separate shot, their contact information for the back, etc. Laying out the entire thing start-to-finish including those tasks took about 5-7 hours. If I didn't count the time to select the shots and collect all the text into a file from which to cut/paste into iPhoto, the book layout itself probably took 2-3 hours. It was my first one, so I was learning the tool as I went. I think a second book will go faster.
You have more shots, but no need to choose one over the other, so selection should not be a factor. Info about each item will take some time to enter, but that will be true with any process. I found it easy to select fonts, enter text, and such, once I knew what text I needed to enter. Shifting images from page to page was easy, too.
I believe, but cannot swear to it yet, that iPhoto 09 has larger book sizes available, too.
Message edited by author 2009-09-22 22:40:08. |
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09/22/2009 10:43:48 PM · #6 |
I scanned a lot of old photos my folks took from when they lived in Alaska in 1939. I did a book at Blurb. I didn't have a Mac, and their software had a definite learning curve. (Read the instructions carefully, then read them again and again.) Once I got the hang of things, it went smoothly. I was very happy with the result and would use Blurb again. They were pretty reasonable with their charges, I think. I may do another book for everyone this Christmas.
I hope you do something with the pictures of your dad's pottery. I'm sure he would be very pleased. I know my mom really enjoyed "re-living" her and Dad's adventure.
Message edited by author 2009-09-23 08:22:34. |
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09/22/2009 10:53:12 PM · #7 |
check out mypublisher.com
thw work is decent enough for the price, but a heads up that they print 'mypublisher' on the inside of the last page (pretty small)- I just made up some stickers with my logo and pasted it on top- worked okay. |
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09/22/2009 11:56:48 PM · #8 |
| I *think* mypublisher is doing a buy one get one free thing for new customers right now. i can't see my email, but will check on that tomorrow. |
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09/23/2009 12:09:19 PM · #9 |
Thank you for the suggestions, I will look into them today.
bump for the morning crowd. :) |
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