Comments on: Working With Blurb.com for Color Books http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/02/working-with-blurb-com-for-color-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-with-blurb-com-for-color-books Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Self-Publishing Case Study: Inspirational Photography Book — The Book Designer http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/02/working-with-blurb-com-for-color-books/#comment-6147 Self-Publishing Case Study: Inspirational Photography Book — The Book Designer Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:04:17 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=4384#comment-6147 [...] the book was finalized we were able to upload the files to Blurb and get a proof in a few days. We then corrected the files and Carolyn used softcovers for Advance [...] [...] the book was finalized we were able to upload the files to Blurb and get a proof in a few days. We then corrected the files and Carolyn used softcovers for Advance [...]

]]> By: Joel Friedlander http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/02/working-with-blurb-com-for-color-books/#comment-5511 Joel Friedlander Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:42:54 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=4384#comment-5511 Cynthia, You should check out the post I did yesterday on <a href="http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/09/self-publishing-basics-how-to-pick-the-size-of-your-book/" rel="nofollow">How to Pick the Size of Your Book</a> Unless you pick a size that's unweildy, you can do any size you like, but you'll have problems with Blurb or Lightning Source because 1) they have a very limited range of sizes and 2) your books will be too expensive to retail through normal channels. These books are best done through offset printing, but then you have to put up several thousand dollars and deal with inventory. There just isn't a great solution for color books right now, but I'm hoping technology will eventually provide more options. Good luck, and thanks for stopping by! Cynthia,

You should check out the post I did yesterday on How to Pick the Size of Your Book

Unless you pick a size that’s unweildy, you can do any size you like, but you’ll have problems with Blurb or Lightning Source because 1) they have a very limited range of sizes and 2) your books will be too expensive to retail through normal channels.

These books are best done through offset printing, but then you have to put up several thousand dollars and deal with inventory. There just isn’t a great solution for color books right now, but I’m hoping technology will eventually provide more options.

Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/02/working-with-blurb-com-for-color-books/#comment-5499 Cynthia Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:46:23 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=4384#comment-5499 We're looking into doing a colorbook...lots of baby photos, food, some recipes, so we want a largish, squarish book. I've been trying to figure out what size to make it. Many companies say it should be "industry standard" but CreateSpace has different sizes than LightningSource, and different than other printers. How important is the size? Do distributors not accept certain sizes? We wanted to do 8.25 x 9.25 (measured a book we like) but don't see that size anywhere. Thinking we should probably do 8.5 x 8.5 but not sure if this is acceptable. I'm new at book printing, as you can tell! We’re looking into doing a colorbook…lots of baby photos, food, some recipes, so we want a largish, squarish book. I’ve been trying to figure out what size to make it. Many companies say it should be “industry standard” but CreateSpace has different sizes than LightningSource, and different than other printers. How important is the size? Do distributors not accept certain sizes? We wanted to do 8.25 x 9.25 (measured a book we like) but don’t see that size anywhere. Thinking we should probably do 8.5 x 8.5 but not sure if this is acceptable. I’m new at book printing, as you can tell!

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