My first blurb purchase and a quick review.
 My first blurb purchase arrived yesterday. It was ordered 6th february arrived 13th safely so I was pleased with the delivery time(UPS Standard)
I’ve just orderd via swiss priority to try that also. My first tester was a 7×7 and I was VERY nervous after reading all the negatives on the forum. My tester was not a finished book persae from a design point of view ,its purpose was only to guage the quality before completing a much larger book later this year .. My tester as such was only 20 pages , enough for me to see print quality, paper quality , workmanship etc. I can honestly say I am very pleased with the book . Yes I will conceed that if you want to scrutinise the printed images you can see the make up of them , kinda like the dots on an inkjet printer but it is by no means detracting for my purposes and I think for the low costs great value. If I was looking for true 100% prestine photo images them I would agree you may have to jump up a book size to a larger size for the alternate indigo print process. Indeed I have ordered an 8×10 landscape style to see how noticable the print difference actually is. So I will be better able to comment re this after I recieve this tester.. I have also ordered 2 other 7×7 books , one hard back but multicoloured to see how certain other backgrounds layouts look.I have also ordered a softcover to see how this looks as I am not a fan of dust jackets , for me they look good but are so un practicle when you actually try to read the book. I orded a book with black cover too see how fingerprints affected it / looked but it wasn’t that bad , not like I expected after some comments.. maybe I dont have oily hands lolThe binding was indeed stitched but i knew this would be the case on a small book ,I know on my 400 pagers this will not be the case , so that is fine too. All in all yes I am extremley pleased with everything .I think if anyone is seriously looking to produce a commercial book , they need to take forum feedback on board but keep an open mind too. I would suggest ordering trial books that perhaps include areas/content you might be particulary worried about and then guage the product for yourself. .. Small testers time wise for me were the sensible option before embarking on the larger book project due to the potential for wasted time and effort had I been disatisfied. .I would hate to think I worked on a 400 page book to find I didn’t like the blurb quality etc.. definitely easier to get a feel for the product on a small scale first. I have attached links to some images of the tester book I received yesterday for you .. The book is very book basic as it is a tester , the text is just gobbledegook as such 
hope this review helps anyone considering a 7×7 .. will post about others when they arrive..
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