I’ve recently been putting together a little magazine with Blurb, regarding my trip to Tuscany. I haven’t used Blurb before, so their programme for compiling the zine was a steep learning curve, but an easy (ish) one, they have some excellent tutorials to help. I have used Mixbooks in the past for a couple of albums of holiday photo’s, but it’s nowhere near as comprehensive or versatile as the Blurb programme, which is called Bookwright. I did a magazine rather than a book, as they are cheaper, 🙂 and I will make a series of our travels and keep them all together in something or other, a binder, or box maybe. Because of the tools in Bookwright, I have been able to add words over pictures and stuff, so I’ve done the magazine more or less like a blog post, with all the history and little nuggets added in amongst the pages. It arrived in the post today, and I am quite chuffed with how it’s come out! The quality of the reproduction of the photo’s is spot on, and the paper feels nice too. It’s in colour of course, but with some B&W shots too.
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Looks great, FR. Something to treasure indeed!
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Cheers Pete 🙂
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It looks quite professional. I feel digital is ephemeral and run the risk to be forgotten in hard disks, Is a joy to see your photographs printed ^_^
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Thanks Francis, I was very happy with it and determined to do more now.
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Wow! You must be so excited! Only recently am I beginning to give thought to such things as ‘zines. Good to hear your experience with Blurb / Bookwright is positive. And from this side of the pond, Happy Thanksgiving! B=)
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I wish we did a thanksgiving, but it’s so not British 🙄😊, enjoy the day!
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Yeah . . . if the Puritans only knew what they started! And thank you!
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Interesting! I may have to try it. I haven’t “bit the bullet” and printed a book with Blurb, but didn’t know about the magazine option!
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It’s so worth doing Marland, takes a bit of time but it’s a good exercise to curate your shots into a coherent collective, and then have the results of your endeavours in your hand.
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Thanks for the encouragement.
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It’s a good start, quite inexpensive for 20 pages, I added another 10 and it still came under £20 ?$about 17.
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Typically when I do a book on our vacations, etc. I do 100 pages!
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I’m very strict with myself! 🙂
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Good idea!
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Also I paid a fair bit for postage as it’s In The USA I think and I’m not!
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Bummer, for you!
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Oh my goodness, look at that! Well done you! I’m chuffed on your behalf!🤗
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Thanks Kim!
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I started a blurb project. Switched to Indesign. Wanted to be able
To print anyware. But blurb was easier.
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Haven’t heard of indesign, will have to have a look, togh I’m very happy with Blurb.
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Indesign is pretty expensive relative to how many projects I might do. I bet I go back to blurb
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That looks like a good way of recording and remembering a holiday. It’s all very well having the photos, but the text will be a great reminder.
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Thanks April, I agree!
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All my books were with Blurb. As you said easy to use and the results are superb. If I have one complaint is the ridiculous charge for Postage.
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Yes that was a bit of a shock!
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nice job!
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😁 ta!
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Cool 🙂
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Cheers!
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Awesome, it looks very professional in deed. I have heard so many photographers recommend Blurb but I never actually looked into it. That’ll have too change now!
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So how much do they charge for postage then? 🙂
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The Zine cost £6.39 and postage £6.99 🙄 which is a bit mad, but it is lovely quality. I think it’s probably more worthwhile to people selling their books, quantity reduces costs.
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I see. Thanks for looking it up. In the meantime have visited their beautiful website. They have a special offer 50% off until 2.12 … I can’t see me putting anything together until then, but it’s a great project for the future!
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Yes, I will do some more, nice to have things in print. I have used Mixbooks in the past, and still do for calendars for people, can’t remember what their postage is though.
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