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1st Book just received

My first book just arrived today.  The response so far has been fantastic. "how’d you do that?, "That’s awesome!" etc. etc.  First off, I am a total amateur photographer with a pretty good 8 mp Canon camera. I took a lot of pictures of a Mustang event that had some famous race car drivers in it and put it together in a book. I managed to combine a few images in Corel Draw and Photoshop and save them as a jpeg so they all printed as one picture. I did not do any digital enhancements, color matching or any other high tech tweaky stuff, just stuck  the pictures in the program, did some typing and hit the publish program. I was totally blown away by the quality of the images and the construction of the book.  The owner of the dealership where the event was held took one look and ordered 20 on the spot and I did the whole thing just for fun! If I had more experience in the proper way to take pictures (lighting, exposure, etc.) it would have been more professional, but for a quick (submitted on Monday-shipped Friday same week) 40 page photo journal of an event by a beginner, I could not be more pleased. The guys complaining about loss of tonal quality, exact color matching, etc. need to go spend a couple of grand at some of the other sites and leave this one to the folks who just want good looking books without having to be a techno nerd to get them. I would like to see a little thicker/glossier pages if I ever do it again (my wife is now talking dog book, family history, etc.) but for the price you can’t beat it. Thank you! Thank you! T hank you!  Blurb!