Digital BW, The Print

Brad,
Thanks for the info.... I got it. now.. I'll admit I was struggling with different amounts of pages for the same $..  I just down loaded their software (Mac & PC) and will check it out over the weekend...I have been using Quark and Indesign for ever so it'll need to be pretty slick for me to step off a cliff with it.. but I'm open minded about it. Does this stuff do Dynamic publishing (Dynamic pages)  using XML, style sheets etc or are the templates fixed...? 
I'm kinda pretty excited about the idea of ordering 1 damn book....OMG... or more likely 10/20 of them.. Still lots to learn.. Kinda funny I feel like I just walked out of the forest.. Just didn't know this was out there.  duh..

jimbo




----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brad Smith 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Blurb and B&W


    
  Jimbo........See my answers inserted below.

  > First I take it that any high end B&W print book would be done using the 4 color book model and process. 
  > 
  Correct

  > Ok using an example a 4 color 7x7 book that has from 20 to 40 pages softcover it's priced at 12.95 each.. I'm choking on that as I would assume it's 12.95 for 20 pages.. not 40..I can't seem to locate an added cost per page.. their must be an added per page cost isn't there? I would think.. I would think their is.. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing too many with only 20 pages..
  > 
  Pages are counted just like in any book. pg 1 on front of a sheet, pg 2 on the back of that sheet. Therefore, a 40 PAGE book would have 20 SHEETS. Blurb prices by tiers regarding the number of pages as you noted. So a 21 page and 40 page book cost the same amount.

  > Do you send PDF's or use their software..
  > 

  I use their software because I find it much easier and more flexible because of the ability to modify each of their canned page layouts. I love this because I can size each image window to fit the way I've cropped my image. It is a personal thing, but I really don't like having to crop all of my image to fit within a pre-determined format...whether it is their format or some "standard" that I've come up with.

  > all done in Indesign using 6 various page templates I have made for content less index cover and 4 other unique pages... As long as it's to their standards it should be ok ...correct?
  > 

  Lots of posts from people who have used Indesign and/or other pdf creating formats. They seem to be OK if you follow their guidelines. 

  However, if what you want is to be convinced that they produce books which adequately match your visual criteria for image and paper, simply order a cheap book using their software and it's "flow" capability to load your images and see for yourself. You mentioned B&W. If it turns out that the images are printed too dark or low contrast, then do another test book with a brightness or curves adjustment applied to the images and see how that comes out. I haven't done any B&W books, but after doing six color books with them, I'm adding a little contrast and saturation to the images I send them for printing. (I work on a calibrated NEC monitor).

  Brad 

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