Yes, the "laserish" look is something I'm afraid of, since I suspect that this is how these books are printed. On the other hand, the book I have in mind isn't meant to be "fine-art" in and of itself. Ideally it would look like a typical book or magazine someone would find in the photography section of a bookstore, and cost about the same. It isn't intended to be a limited edition, hand made and numbered "object d'art". If the photos reproduced with the quality of the duotones in "Lenswork" magazine (which has glossy paper), that would be perfect, but I may have to settle for less. Maybe I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get a few printed for myself and see what they look like. That will be the easy part. The hard part is actually designing the book, deciding which photographs to include, how to organize them, etc. -dan c. At 03:01 PM 05-03-05 -0600, lea wrote: >We have an Apple store very near my home and they have sample iBooks out >on display. While I believe they are nice and would make a great memento >of a trip or event, I don't think they are of the quality you would want >for selling. The pages are glossy and the printing looks too 'laserish' >for my taste. > >Lea > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dan C" <bladman99@xxxxxxxx> >To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" ><photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 2:06 PM >Subject: RE: Online self publishing > > >>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 >>>> > >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
