Coffee table books in Canada? Is there a place?

[rightaway]

Hi

I am looking for a place that would print coffee table books in Canada.
Is there such a place? All the ones I have seen so far are in the USA and I would prefer not to have to pay for custom and brookerage fees if I can have something in the country.

thanks

Stephan

[picturecrazy]

One place I've dealt with is BonMatch. Give them a look. http://www.bonmatch.com/

[Toogy]

Digilabs Canada is now offering Coffee Table books, but I have yet to actually see one yet.

[Kalapos]

Coffee Table books?? Have you seen the books that "Blacks" and " Futurephoto" are making now? Check them out www.futurephoto.ca and www.blacksphoto.com

[Gujustud]

I haven't made one with blacks yet, but I have with Futureshop. The only issue I have with futureshop so far is that they put a extra page in the back with their logo on it. Is that really needed? We're paying for the product, I don't need their branding on the back page.

I too am looking for someplace in canada that does 'professional' coffee books, with more options like the big places down in the states.

Just looked at bonmatch, wow, they are located just 30 mins from my house! I'll have to check them out.

[kiwinvan]

Yes, I am also looking for this. Just checked out Bonmatch and absolutely LOVE their accessories. I think brides would dig having a cute little carry case for their album and would be more inclined to take it out and about to show people - spreading the word...

Looks like a good option for Vancouver/Lower Mainland photographers in any case.

[islandphoto]

How about asukabook.com ? I'm sure they ship to Canada.

[Gujustud]

Most of the places do ship to canada, but then we're looking at other expenses not to mention sometimes longer ship times.

[Montec]

Asukabook ships to Canada, no extra brokerage fees or shipping times incurred.

[Rellik]

Brokerage fees mostly apply only when you ship them via UPS, fedup and other large carrier with their own brokerage. If you have them ship via USPS (though can be unreliable at times), I believe it gets send off to Canada post for delivery. Canada at most charges $5 for handling fee + taxes. Though I'm sure you know, having the package go through customs can delay things a lot. Plus, I wouldn't really want customs going the albums and such though. If you are close to the border, you should look into mailing places that will receive your packages for you at a fee, and you can broker your own things at the border.

[rightaway]

Coffee Table books?? Have you seen the books that "Blacks" and " Futurephoto" are making now? Check them out www.futurephoto.ca (http://www.futurephoto.ca) and www.blacksphoto.com (http://www.blacksphoto.com)


I tried future shop. They CANNOT handle black and white photos. All images that are b&w are printed with a brown tinge. And there is the issue of the logo at the back. I asked them not to put it in but they refused to comply...

I went online to try blacks. I could not open their webpage. I called their support line and they told that when using a router that has a firewall, their page is not accessible :lol: :lol: :lol: I am going to disconnect everything with my router everytime i need to make a book or make a change to a book...

[Meena482]

I just received my first Asuka Books today. I am in Ontario. The shipping took 5 days. I used USPS, so no brokage fees. They are so worth the International shipping. You can't beat their quality and price.

[krista]

I just got the sample books from Asuka - WOW!!! Absolutely gorgeous!

[Gujustud]

I made an appointment with Bonmatch and went in last week to meet with them. Great company to deal with. They had a nice selection of samples to look thru. I REALLY like their coffee books. I bought a few self mount albums as well. Priced very well.

[Gujustud]

I thought I might update this thread. I bought a few self mount albums (magnetic) from them. I made both a 5x7 and a 4x6 for some family/friends of their wedding that I attended. Both were floored when they opened the album up at xmas time.

Funny enough, both of them got 'pro' photographers to shoot their wedding, and hand them a CD with images (no album). They said mine will be the main album for them!

[ryleung]

One place I've dealt with is BonMatch. Give them a look. http://www.bonmatch.com/
How much are the books are BonMatch though? I've checked their site inside out, and this is the only thing I can find:


4. How much does it cost?
Answer: We are attaching a full price breakdown.
Please keep in mind that our albums do not have any hidden fees.
There is absolutely no limit of images you want to put on an album. Furthermore, no extra charges for any additional pictures on one page.

[Gujustud]

They don't list the prices on their website, as they want to make sure only 'photograhers' are getting the prices, and not bride/grooms.

[sblais]

And no one will post the price on an open forum. If you want their prices, contact them.

[Mikester]

I am also looking for a supplier in Canada. I was shown a sample from a pro in my area that was just AMAZING. It was 16x20 in size also... very nice. The pages were much more thin than the cardboard ones I have seen in the past. These pages looked like they had a plastic coating on them. They looked VERY durable. But he won't tell me who his supplier is... Jerk. He did say it was in Toronto. If you saw the quality of these you would be very impressed.

Anyone have any ideas? someone in the toronto area must know.

[Kalapos]

Has anyone made a book with "picaboo" yet? Quality? I was thinking of using them for guest book designs. I checked out Bonmatch, but does anyone know of other Canadian book makers?

[bcap]

Got my sample from Graphistudio today and the quality was fantastic. They shipped to me in SWO.

[Kalapos]

Got my sample from Graphistudio today and the quality was fantastic. They shipped to me in SWO.

Where are they located? Sample eh! I will check them out! Thanks

[jenne]

You can also check out Chapters/Indigo online. They've just started a photobook service and I know they do coffee table books also. Pricing looks fairly reasonable... I have no idea on the quality though.

Check out the site here (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/photobook/)

[DimensionZero]

Wow! Bon Match sounds really great especially with them being local too!
I'll have to go check them out next time.

I wanted to say too, I've had some of my stuff printed at Blacks @Metrotown and they've been really good. I've never looked at getting books printed there but would be willing to check them out as well if I had to get one made.