Comments on: Blurb and Lulu

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:36:21 +0000

You can buy copies at your price and sell them directly, or you can put it for sale on their site, point people there and take a percentage.

By: David Sprague

David Sprague — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:27:46 +0000

Thanks–I have a cartoon site and was interested in making a book and selling it from my blog. So, is that allowed?

By: Jeanne Guerin-Daley

Jeanne Guerin-Daley — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:13:35 +0000

Thanks, Charley, for this very informative article. And thanks to all the rest of you! Oftentimes on web blogs I learn as much from other’s comments as I do on the original article! I definitely plan to check out Blurb for several ideas I have – (Professional AND personal).
(I just found this site (linesandcolors) yesterday and have been amazed at how much input I’ve been crowding into my feeble brain since then!
Upside: Your site is like a good book that I can’t put down; I’m learning so much!
Downside:
Your site is like a good book that I can’t put down; I have so much other stuff to do, yet here I sit, reading, clicking, reading,…!

By: Robert Tracy

Robert Tracy — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:25:01 +0000

What took me totally by surprise is the faithfulness to color and clarity of the images in the book I created using blurbs free software. I believe it must have something to do with the color profile blurb demands. It’s sRGB. I’d never noticed that in the years working in Photoshop; not even noting that I’d always worked in Adobe RGB (1998) which won’t work for blurb. Also, blurb allows for uploading your images in JPG or PNG. I doubt I have reason to fear (blurb knows what they’re doing) but I know the lossiness of a .jpg file after saving more than once, so I uploaded in .png format.

A sharp salute to blurb!

Robert Tracy

By: Clive

Clive — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:07:03 +0000

Even I’ve thought of doing this…civilization must be about to collapse under the burden of self published books! Great endorsment and comparison…

By: parisbreakfasts

parisbreakfasts — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:28:00 +0000

I was curious and ordered Duane Keiser’s 6 1/2″ square book (112 pages) and it is superb.
Thanks for the reminder not to forget this terrific tool!

Carolg

By: Miki

Miki — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:33:56 +0000

Using Blurb, I created a book of artwork done by my husband and me as a surprise Christmas gift. I was so pleased to see the quality of the finished book, and he was thrilled. When other family members saw it, they all decided they had to have one. I can enthusiastically recommend the Blurb site.

By: Paulette

Paulette — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:23:52 +0000

I have recently done two books. One for myself, about learning to draw this past year and one for my brother about the carving he has been doing for the last three years. They turned out fantastic. Service was great.