Comments on: A Little Blog Research on Photo Books – Which Photo Book Website to use?

By: rachelorans

rachelorans — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:09:49 +0000

I used Ubuildabook and could not be happier. I upgraded to their premium 100# silk paper and designed a full bleed, Hardcover Book with around 100 pages. Since I ordered 25 the cost was about $30.00 a book-this appeared to be the lowest price on the web.

They have a simple site and under their frequently asked questions I found a link to get my ISBN and Barcode.

They also publish their ICC Printer Profile -so my color results were very good.

I would highly recommend them.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:02:23 +0000

Hi Linda – Thanks for letting us know about the contest – sounds very interesting – I will be interested in reading the reviews!
Lindsay

By: Linda Reavill

Linda Reavill — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:59:10 +0000

It is an interesting question to answer — who provides the best quality for price? Since everyone seems to have a different opinion of quality it gets even harder to answer when different people have different quality expectations.

I am the co-owner of one of the review sites that you mentioned. Make Your Own Photobooks has reviewed over 30 different photo book publishers on the same software features. But, we haven’t been able to capture the quality of each photo book. To do this we are starting a “You Be The Reviewer” sweepstakes from April 1-April 30 where people get an entry for reviewing a photo book they have made — this includes their quality perceptions too. We will be giving away three separate photo books. Details and entries are at http://www.make-your-own-photobooks.com/photo-book-contests.html. We would love to have your review of the book you made.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:05:00 +0000

Thanks for the links – the information is very helpful. What none of these sites mention is that it takes a lot of time to pick out the photos and place them on the pages and add text and themes. The layout of the pages took much longer than I thought it would.

By: MJT

MJT — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:20:05 +0000

I’m also in the process of selecting a photobook publisher, and have done some online research. You are right on about many reviews were dated, and the opinions vary dramatically. That is because these reviewers seldom provided some context to back up their comments, such as: the type of photos, the intents of publishing, the pricing vs quality priorities, etc.

Here are a few links that you may find interesting:

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0405/mh0405-1.html

http://www.daepublishing.com/pod/PODExposed.html

http://beckermanphoto.com/print-on-demand-for-black-and-white/

There is scarse information on how to get an ISDN and sell a POD book at Amazon, etc., such as this:

http://www.workboxers.com/2008/03/28/deal-breaker-amazon-booksurge-pod-no-choice/