Photo Books?

avman · February 4, 2010

I remember in the not to distant past - Smugmug partnered with Blurb Books.

1. Is Smugmug still partnered with Blurb?
2. Has anyone used the services of Blurb?
3.If you have used Blurb - how easy or difficult are they to work with?
4. Would you use Blurb again?
5. Is Blurb willing or able to publish on demand? For instance - one customer orders a book this week, two customers this week, one customer the week after that - etc.
6. If you publish with Blurb - can you set up an ordering portal from your Smugmug web site?

I look forward to any responses I may receive - Thank You!:thumb

arodney · February 4, 2010

avman wrote:

I remember in the not to distant past - Smugmug partnered with Blurb Books.
2. Has anyone used the services of Blurb?

Comments (not good) from a customer on this forum:

http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=40702&hl=blurb

avman · February 5, 2010

arodney wrote:

Comments (not good) from a customer on this forum:

http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=40702&hl=blurb

Thank you Andrew.

Anyone have experience with Lulu.com?

D0rk Angle · February 6, 2010

avman wrote:

I remember in the not to distant past - Smugmug partnered with Blurb Books.

1. Is Smugmug still partnered with Blurb?
2. Has anyone used the services of Blurb?
3.If you have used Blurb - how easy or difficult are they to work with?
4. Would you use Blurb again?
5. Is Blurb willing or able to publish on demand? For instance - one customer orders a book this week, two customers this week, one customer the week after that - etc.
6. If you publish with Blurb - can you set up an ordering portal from your Smugmug web site?

I look forward to any responses I may receive - Thank You!

Some DGers have at least looked at using Blurb recently, see http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=155402

I haven't read the entire thread, so I'm not sure if they ended up going with Blurb or somewhere else.

The Mack · February 6, 2010

I've decided to use Kiss for wedding books/albums.

moose135 · February 6, 2010

I haven't used them myself, but a good friend (and fellow SmugMugger) uses Blurb regularly to produce photo books. After our annual airshow, or other major event, he'll produce a book and present copies to some of the key participants. He also has produced books for family/holiday gifts, and usually has one or two in the car when out shooting to serve as a portfolio to show off to people. From what I've seen of them, the quality is good, and I've never heard him complain about them.

avman wrote:

5. Is Blurb willing or able to publish on demand? For instance - one customer orders a book this week, two customers this week, one customer the week after that - etc.

Absolutely - when my friend has prepared books, and someone wants to buy one, he simply points them to his Blurb account where they can order directly (not sure how the pricing works) or he can order individual books as needed.

avman · February 6, 2010

moose135 wrote:

I haven't used them myself, but a good friend (and fellow SmugMugger) uses Blurb regularly to produce photo books. After our annual airshow, or other major event, he'll produce a book and present copies to some of the key participants. He also has produced books for family/holiday gifts, and usually has one or two in the car when out shooting to serve as a portfolio to show off to people. From what I've seen of them, the quality is good, and I've never heard him complain about them.

Absolutely - when my friend has prepared books, and someone wants to buy one, he simply points them to his Blurb account where they can order directly (not sure how the pricing works) or he can order individual books as needed.

Thank you for the information...BTW which airshow?

forsooth · February 6, 2010

arodney, I looked at the link you posted about the dissatisfied Blurb customer and also looked at the link to the Dave Black stuff.

Wow! Going by the quality of his photos and if he is satisfied with the books that Blurb prints for him I know where I'll be going if I ever get round to printing a book!

Stunning images, incredible work. He has raised the bar as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks for the link!

forsooth

moose135 · February 6, 2010

avman wrote:

Thank you for the information...BTW which airshow?

My pleasure - it's the New York Air Show held at Jones Beach (Long Island) every Memorial Day weekend.

avman · February 8, 2010

moose135 wrote:

My pleasure - it's the New York Air Show held at Jones Beach (Long Island) every Memorial Day weekend.

I have heard of it.

The airboss ( Wayne Boggs ) is known to me because he does the Peoria show....One of these years I'm gonna get out there to witness the show...I'll be doing Coulmbia Missouri and Janesville Wisconsin this Memorial day though...look forward to seeing your work....