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Do Blurb prices go up linearly with number of pages, or....?

I just received my hardcover books from Blurb and I must say that I am quite impressed with the hardcover binding. I got my books shipped from the Netherlands and have no qualms with the binding quality, or the paper quality. It is a book of b+w photographs and it printed much darker than the proof copy I submitted, I suppose I wasted my money on making a proof – since every print run seems to be different? It is slightly disappointing but not too upsetting. There was also a slight cyan/magenta moire pattern on a highly detailed area in one photograph, but apart from that, the images printed OK. Not fine art quality, but better than most off-the-shelf photographic magazines.

My question is – my book consists of 82 pages. I read somewhere that one should really produce books in multiples of 40 pages, i.e 40 or 80 or 120 and so on…. as the price increases dramatically between these categories. Having 82 pages might have been foolish for me, as I think my book is rather expensive compared to an equivalent one by a ‘regular’ publisher.  I am not making much profit but I am not getting good sales figures at all, and I suspect a major factor is the price that Blurb is charging. As the author/photographer, I feel rather ripped off that I am not really benefiting from my own hard work, LOL. Does anyone have any comment on the observation about the number of pages + pricing?