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Originally Posted by dugarner
CCBlue---not to get off the subject, but you said you've used Shutterfly and Blurb? Heather was looking at Blurb because they do much bigger books than Shutterfly. How does the Blurb quality compare with Shutterfly, as far as binding, color, and paper quality? I'd be interested to know.  |
Hi Sarah
We've printed from both Shutterfly and Blurb. I love Shutterfly and will stick with them but my husband loves Blurb because he knows the people who set it up.
He has had 2 books printed at Blurb now. The first was 10 x 8 (standard landscape), softcover, about 70 pages with their standard paper. The second was 13 x 11 (large landscape), hardcover bound with dust jacket and 130 pages printed on their premium paper. Both look great. I've printed both 12x12 and 8x8 with Shutterfly and just love the quality.
Blurb's premium paper is equivalent to Shutterfly's standard paper, so you'll need to factor that in when working out the price. The binding and print quality is excellent, although we haven't done an exact comparison between Shutterfly and Blurb. The main downside to using Blurb is that although their BookSmart software is easy to use (you have to download it onto your computer), you have to upload the entire book when you're finished, which is a problem unless you have a really fast internet connection. We have ADSL 1 broadband but it was still too large a file for us to upload at home (DH had to ask permission from IT dept at work to upload his book). Whereas with Shutterfly you can upload individual pages as you complete them. Just something to consider...
Lyndell