Any suggestions for a cheap photo book?

www.blurb.com Their print quality is lower than offset but their books are cheap.

Cheers,
m

Hello Erin,

I really like the small format (A5), softcover books you can generate out of Aperture.
They are quite inexpensive and the quality is good, at least here in Europe.

Kind regards,

frank

These are a bit cheaper than blurb ($12.95 for a 7×7 softcover) Different quality, but to keep you under $10 each: http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/print-products.html

Medium softcover

Size: 8×6 inches, 20 pages (10 sheets)
Price: USD $9.99

I made little mini give-aways, they looked fine.

Blurb has a new 12″ × 12″ image-wrapped, hardcover book…looks a lot nicer that the price tag would suggest. And they are offering free shipping code until March 22nd. Here’s a copy and paste from the email that came yesterday:

• USD $ promo code: WESHIP
• GBP £ promo code: WESHIP2
• EUR € promo code: WESHIP3

The offer is valid through March 22, 2010 and covers Ground/Economy shipping costs for up to $7.99, £3.99, or €5.99 with up to five books in one order, shipped to one address. This offer is good for one-time use and cannot be combined with other promotional codes or used for adjustments on previous orders.

Whatever you choose, enjoy making it. It continues to amaze me how people respond to images in a book…

the asmp new york chapter did a test of a ton of pod vendors. the results are on their blog “sharpen”
http://sharpernewyork.blogspot.com/2009/07/print-on-demand-book-test-results.html

I just did a couple books through Aperture/Apple… I included some photos and pricing info in a recent blog post:

http://shawnduffy.com/blog/2010/03/my-portfolio-books-have-arrived/

Surprizingly good quality can be found on the Adorama books (w 17th st., ny).. they really do a very good job

I 2nd David on Adorama, had some small books of specific projects made, and a large portfolio and the results were great as long as you are calibrated. Well worth the price

Why USA and not http://www.twpsin.com?

Have a look at Magcloud – they print on an 11×17 sheet folded in half to make an 8.5×11 magazine. It’s quite cheap – .20/page. Not sure if there’s a bulk discount. The quality is pretty good though.

I used MyPublisher for my photobook “American Tour” (www.mvlimbert.com/AmTourCover.html). Like all print-on-demand books, the quality is OK, not super stunning. Price (with discount codes) came out to around $20 per 58-page 5 × 6.25″ book. (Made it to the final nomination stage of 2009 New York Photo Festival Awards…)

Do not use SP Gallery Books – http://spgallerybooks.com/ They took over from Fast Back Books- I have just canceled by order after a month shenanigans – and no book – remarkably bad and un-professional behavior.

MyPublisher gives lovely results, could also try Photobox…

I agree mypublisher.com is very reliable and good quality work I had a few book made up with them and was very happy with the results

Erin I am in the process of doing a short run on a book and found this article in a copy of the BJP I have. It’s quite informative. Blurb seems to get a good write up.

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/report/1644750/the-book

I have also included a few other articles that you may find interesting.

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/blog-post/1719387/self-publish-be-smart

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/report/1687606/photographers-talk-self-published-books

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/books/1724192/nick-turpin-publishing

Blurb’s Premium Lustre paper option is stunning. I’ve been blown away by the quality.

http://photohumourist.com for a good example.