Digital BW, The Print

I have had books done by both Lulu and Apple, the Apple book looked  
much better but cost substantially more. It's OK for doing a few  
(Apple's) for an opening gift or to sell (especially the small books).
Mark

On Jan 5, 2006, at 7:49 PM, fjohn1963 wrote:

> Hello, I've been and am still under the impression that Lulu (and  
> Caf� Press for that matter) do not have an option to use that nice,  
> slightly glossy and heavier paper that one normally sees used in a  
> book or high-end periodical primarily dedicated to photography (or  
> other art reproduction). I've looked at Lulu's Help again and it  
> appears that there are still no options for this kind of printing.  
> (Not that they said there would be.) I'm not suggesting that it  
> makes them totally unusable for ANY kind of photography/art  
> oriented book, just that it seems they would be less than optimal,  
> which I can understand considering the per unit prices. A while  
> back I bought a Lulu book called "Streets of New York", by a (non)  
> photographer named "Nitsa". Though I've always admired Nitsa's work  
> (and philosophy) I must admit I bought the book primarily to check  
> out the quality of the printed photos. Unfortunately, I was kind of  
> disappointed. The photos have that low-DPI look, like printing a  
> photo using my HP LaserJet 4L. This is not to suggest that books  
> from Lulu are low quality. For what they cost, they are indeed very  
> nice books. If I were planning to self-publish a novel or my not-so- 
> steamy biography, I'd seriously consider Lulu without any concerns  
> about my book being poorly manufactured. But we're not talking  
> about novels or biographies or any other book whose pages are meant  
> to be read, we're talking about visual art.  Can someone please  
> convince me that I'm wrong about this? Is there a Lulu option that  
> provides for a better class of paper? Maybe something closer to  
> MyPublisher.com's output, or something like Aperture or Blind Spot  
> magazine? Am I just not interpreting their options correctly? BTW -  
> Here's a link to the books by "Nitsa" - http:// 
> www.nonphotography.com/books.html Thank you for any insight you  
> might provide. John F.
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