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Hi Sam,
Nancy and Eric came through Raleigh recently, and they had a few books
with them, done through Blurb.com, including one large hard cover, so
I had a chance to see them. These books were exceptionally well done,
I thought, especially the hard cover (don't know if they used
different paper on that one or not, but the hard cover seemed to have
the best reproduction), but both hard and soft covers had very nice
reproductions. I was impressed. I've not seen that many books done
on lulu.com, but from what I have seen, I thought blurb was much more
impressive. I'm working on doing one (maybe two . . . three . . .)
now. They suggested the best way to do it is to order one, and when
you get it back, make any necessary changes/corrections/edits,
resubmit, and then order the amount you really want. Cost-wise, that
seems to be very manageable, too. I think it's a great way to have
your work saved and presentable. I had looked at lulu.com, and for
me, I blurb has been much easier to use-- but maybe that's just me.
Diana
On Jul 16, 2008, at 10:56 AM, sam wang wrote:
Chris,
Are you kidding?! Scanning my old negatives will be an ongoing
project for a long long time!
But I am in the middle of scanning old family albums. Which brings
it back to sort of alt topic, or would printing Blurb books count?
In case you aren't familiar with Blurb.com yet, they do on-demand
printing of photo books very inexpensively. You download their
software and use their layout options to insert your images and
stuff. Upload and the beautifully printed book is at your door a few
days later. Then if you wish, you can let other people order a copy
from Blurb directly, much like Lulu.com, among others, but Blurb
does a great job with photos and offers 11x13" in addition to
smaller sizes. Anyhow, it took me a few tries before understanding
how to do it on a Mac but the latest copy came back exactly the way
I saw it on the monitor. A great way to make hard copies out of
loose images without getting a publisher and waiting forever.
Anyway, on negative scanning, I am getting ready to see if I can
correct (bleach away) the silvered areas on some of them. Hope it's
better than my efforts in cleaning Daguerrotype. Don't ask.
Sam
On Jul 16, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
Apply for a small grant to pay for a student to do that. Include
cost
for storage hard drives or DVDs. Maybe publication costs. Your
school
or state arts council, historical society, etc ought to give grants
for things like that.
Sam
Now Sam, I LIKE this idea....
Yeah, the thickness of the slides worries me as far as scanning on
a regular
flatbed.
Seems you and I are dealing with the same issue at the same time;
have you
weeded through all your images?
Chris
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