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Printing from different places

This past week, I received my first two Blurb books. After a dozen or so with mypublisher, i was waiting with anticipation for the results. I was generally pleased with both. I did notice something odd. The first book, 330 pages, came from Mass. had sewn library binding. The other, with 160 pages was stapled, and came from Seattle. Does anyone know what the page count needs to be, to have your book made in Mass. to get the sewn binding?

Does that mean you reserve the right to substitute binding that falls apart without any abuse?

I have just ordered en received my first book, a 230 page portfolio. It fell apart within t5 viewings. A friend of mine had ordered my book also (sweet guy) and his copy fell apart within 3 viewings. He had also ordered his own first book, a 160 page portfolio. It arrived today and fell apart within almost right away.

Now I read that Blurb also have printers that actually sew their bindings! Why are our expensive max format books glued (and in a really really miserable way too) if it is apparently clear that the pageformat and book size is too large for glue to hold on to. When there is sewing available???

I did contact customerservice and so did my friend and we both got reprintorders. But if they are done at the same adress we both fear that it is no use. I did ask customerservice if it was possible to get our new prints from a better printer but never had an answer to that part of my question.

How to make sure that it is worth all the trouble. What if these reprints arrive and fall apart as soon as you try to actually look at the pages??? Please reassure me.

Frances 

Have a look at my reprint.

Still waiting for a solution from Blurb….