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I spent the highest amount to get the book shipped from Washington to Columbus, Ohio the soonest (I wanted it for the weekend for my Art Walk). That was a long week. It’s like Ohio State is playing Michigan as 1 and 2. The days leading up are mere formalities.
Interestingly, the Easter Bunny left it just before I had to go to work (sidenote: the Easter Bunny is FexEx and Santa Claus is UPS); so I had a grand total of two minutes to check it out before I embark on my happy place, work.
On. My. God. It came out perfect. I can’t emphasize it any more. It came out perfectly perfect (well, other than typos which are entirely user-error). The colors were smash-on. The book is massive. It just looked impressive. This was not a jv book, it was the big leagues.
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The image quality was far better than what I expected for single-paged photos. Some people (probably pixel peepers; no that’s not a nice term) probably complained, but for me, I found it to be wonderful. I was worried that the quality wouldn’t be as good because Blurb is more of a coffee table company than pure a photo book company, but I wanted a coffee table book, not a photo book. Which is the reason I went with the dust jacket, because it would give it a more authentic feel to it. I don’t care if the jacket gets a little bent, because that’s the effect for which I was going.
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The only complaint I have regarding the print quality is that two-page spreads weren’t the best quality. Now, granted, they’re essentially 11 x 26 cropped panoramas. Even with a 5D Mark II and Zeiiiis glass, you’ll lose quality, but it’s going to still impressive people (although they’ll notice more because of the rule that with big prints, people will creep up to the point their nose almost hits the page). Again, this may be a problem with the pictures, not the book, but I’m leaving it out there.
The pages are think. I have to remind people that the pages are think enough to be almost two. The quality of the pearl page is phenomenal, but it’s think enough that people may bend or scuff them because of their thickness. But for me, again, that’s the effect of a coffee table book.
The text was very crisp. I don’t have much to add because it’s text. You’ll not notice unless something is wrong.
Interestingly, although the book is huge, the hardcover does bend a little bit. It’s not a big deal to me, but it’s something to consider depending on what you’re after.
