I greatly appreciate the comments received so far. :-) A friend of mine suggested I look into Apple's iPhoto (I think mypublishers.com does the printing for Apple). I had two comments on iPhoto on another list, one very positive, and one very negative. Has anyone here tried iPhoto for printing books? -dan c. At 12:42 PM 05-03-05 -0700, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >Dan, > >I hate to say it but, you ain't going to find good on-demand printing. >Double hit, B/W is very expensive. A friend pays about $3.00 ea. for a >one-page brochure advertising his edition of prints. What about an >edition of ink-jet prints in a slip-case? I and my friends have >explored home-made art book printing quite a lot and not found an easy >solution. My Lookaround book is laserjet printed, 8-1/2 x 11 with six, >11 x 17 B/W ink jet fold outs. I put about $5.00 ea. into materials >including padded shipping envelope. I have also tipped (glued in) >prints into blank, bound books and wire-bound artist sketch books. >The latter is the most workable. > >AZ > >Build a Lookaround! >The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. >NOW SHIPPING >http://www.panoramacamera.us > > > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: RE: Online self publishing >> From: "Dan C" <bladman99@xxxxxxxx> >> Date: Sat, March 05, 2005 12:11 pm >> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" >> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Yes, I do want to print photos, mainly black and white duotone quality. >> In my mind I'm looking for something of the quality of the illustrations in >> the magazine "Lenswork". Perhaps I'm setting my sights to high, but that >> is what I'm looking for. I wish to prepare an "art photo" book; simple >> layout, mainly photos but with some text accompanying each photo. >> >> Ideally these books would be offered for sale from a website, so a low >> price isn't necessarily required, as long as the printing and paper quality >> is high. On demand printing would be ideal to keep my costs down. >> >> -dan c. >> >> At 07:27 AM 05-03-05 -0700, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> > >> >Dan, >> > >> >Do you want to print photos? Need to know quantity. The ones I checked >> >out a couple years ago print "real" books but not with half tone >> >illustrations. I am told there is a photo album printing service for >> >Mac X users. I've been printing short-run, comb-bound books using laser >> >and inkjet printers. >> > >> >AZ >> > > >
