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: I have a little book
: Andrea. February 03, 2009, 10:17:21 AM

I recently made a little book on Blurb of the images I have up at an exhibition in the island's arts centre plus a few more. I put it together it to send to my mother who doesn't want to travel this far up from Somerset in her 86th year.
I say this, not to promote the bookette - although, obviously, its nothing short of brilliant - but to say that the quality is really rather ok. I have not even opted for the premium paper. The only downside I can see is that it takes weeks to arrive.

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: LT February 03, 2009, 11:11:19 AM

very interesting andrea. I'm thinking of doing something similar. You may want to enter it into the Ag Brilliant Book competition ...? Can you post a link to you blurb page? 

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: salvo February 03, 2009, 11:49:22 AM

Hi Andrea, just to confirm, I was also pleased with the quality. I had a small exhibition here in town and i made a small booklet/catalogue. Link below (yeah maybe I shouldn't...  :) ).
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/403746
The only thing is that i should have edited the photos better or use a better calibration.
Just to follow up from Leon's comment, on latest AG issue there's an article on a workflow for making books with Blurb - i thought it was quite well made.

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: Andrea. February 03, 2009, 02:24:06 PM

Well, its here; http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/527952.

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: Diane Peterson February 03, 2009, 04:25:15 PM

Just looked through your book Andrea..absolutely brilliant!

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: Andrea. February 03, 2009, 09:39:54 PM

Well, thank you Diane. 8)

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: CarlRadford February 03, 2009, 10:09:53 PM

Well done young lady - looks good to me!

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: gary m February 03, 2009, 11:25:58 PM

Very nice!

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: gothamtomato February 03, 2009, 11:57:20 PM

This looks beautiful.

Are you satisfied with the printing quality you're getting from Blurb? Are they close to your originals?

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: tijeras February 04, 2009, 12:18:44 AM

It's like having the gallery show right at your fingertips.
I think it's wonderful!   :)

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: david b February 04, 2009, 11:05:24 AM

That's both ace and skill Andrea.

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: Karl February 04, 2009, 01:39:14 PM

wonderful! Well done you

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: Juliet February 05, 2009, 01:14:39 PM

Glad to hear some are happy with the quality, as I am in the midst of putting one together now. I will do the upgraded paper, so I will tell you all what I think. One really big suggestion I got, was to get a proof book first so you can check your image quality. Working in film means we are always scanning and I find it hard to trust what an image looks like on my monitor.

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: Ailsa February 10, 2009, 05:09:05 PM

That is blummin' fantastic!

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: Andrea. February 10, 2009, 07:47:30 PM

Thanks all :-)

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: dreamstorephoto February 14, 2009, 09:59:17 AM

its beautiful :)

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: Ed Wenn February 14, 2009, 05:51:55 PM

That's a VERY tasty selection of images you've put together there, Andrea. Fantastic stuff. I may just have to recommend it to everyone I know... including MY mother.

 ;)

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: Andrea. February 14, 2009, 10:17:02 PM

Coolio Ed. How much do I owe you?

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: MarkBurley February 28, 2009, 11:11:20 PM

Very nice Andrea - looks like a best seller...

Mark

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: Phil Bebbington February 28, 2009, 11:43:38 PM

Andrea, it looks FAB - very impressed!

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: original_ann May 13, 2009, 12:55:18 AM

I'm so glad someone recently asked about this book so I could discover it!  Fabulous etherea!!