Digital BW, The Print

The following link is to the Musings on Photography blog where the blogger just went through an extensive process of investigating photo books and having one printed. It goes on for many weeks so you'll have to go back in time to follow along with all of it. That may not be necessary, however, since he has come up with some preliminary conclusions that might suffice.
   
  http://photomusings.wordpress.com/
   
  "Overall, I’m pleased. The reward of getting that “Wow. It’s a book!” moment far outweighs the defects in the physical book (largely a matter of expectation management) and is plenty rich enough to make it worth going thru the headbanging to get a book printed. I really can’t overstate the head rush I got from opening up that package and taking out the book that read “A Good Walk/Paul Butzi” on the front cover. "


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