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I’ve recently returned back to blurb after a 2 year hiatus. Just got hit with this so-called “small processing fee of $5” So, my paltry profit has just been cut.

Now, I understand that blurb in the business of making money. And that this print on demand business model and pricing is mostly geared toward blurb making money off of the authors buying their own books… but to also make money off of us when and if we see any profit at all? That seems kind of shameful to me.

Honestly… leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. Actually… it makes me a little sick to my stomach to be honest. I mean REALLY? After I bought some of your books that are pricy even at cost… and paid to advertise it on facebook… you’re going to charge me $5 to cut me a check on top of everything?! Are we all just suckers to you blurb? I guess so. It is what it is.

Figured I would have learned my lesson the first time. Oh yeah.. the printing looks nice. Thanks a lot blurb! I’ve now learned my lesson.

I haven’t had anything printed from blurb in a couple of years. Just did a new book: http://tinyurl.com/skiphuntvagabond and my soft cover with premium paper books just arrived.

I’m thrilled with the printing! No complaints at all! My work uses a VERY VIVID color palette that is oftentimes difficult to get right. Everything printed in the book looks nearly as vivid as it does on my computer screen!

My only regret is that I didn’t order at least one hardcover for myself. And I think I could have gone down a couple points in font size for the body text. But, the printing is spot-on through out! Will definitely being doing another one soon. :-)

Thanks!

I noticed this book http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/955762 is listed to sell at around half what the normal posted cost pricing is. How is that? Did they get some special deal through blurb? If so, how might others enjoy the same arrangement?

digitalsun… what did you do?! I’ve had the same problem but at least got through a book. Wanted to start another one, but the software was so slow and buggy that I figured I’d wait for the next update instead. I too thought maybe it had something to do with the size of an iPhoto library or perhaps some problem related to my version of Word.

What exactly did you do regarding internet security that fixed it for you?

Hi,

Just published a 40 page book and selected show all for the preview. However, with full screen preview it actually looks pretty good and you can even read the whole thing. 

What is the general consensus if you’re trying to sell your book? Show all? The first 15? Or an intriguing mix?

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/977457

Never mind. The shipping really isn’t that bad and with your current Holiday sale… I decided to just pull the trigger. Really curious if the premium paper version I ordered makes a difference and decided to wait until I get these first books before I put together the larger one.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/977457

Do’h! I didn’t see that. Just looked kinda squarish to me and wanted to make sure. From past experience, I know it’s impossible to cancel if you make a mistake. Mine says 10×8 so I guess it’s the right one. Thanks.

Also, if I wanted to put together another book… is there a way I can order from both initially for the same shipping charges? Or, must you pay full shipping and handling on two separate orders? ie. the book I made is a combination of text and photos in the 10×8 format. If I want to make a large square photo book AND text only version in the small b/w size… can I order all three at the same time for the same shipping & handling charges?

I don’t know if this helps… but, I’ve noticed that consistently, when using BookSmart and then opening Word from Office X, BookSmart begins to slow down and then crash. Once it’s crashed, you can relaunch and use it a bit longer, and then it crashes again, and again.

The only thing to do once it’s crashing is to restart the system. If I use BookSmart without launching Word, it seems to not crash at all. It’s slow as "heck", but it doesn’t crash and if I turn off "show all photos" in iPhoto it’s a little better. 

My iPhoto is old too (version 6)… because I really don’t use iPhoto that much and it suffices for my limited use. But, if your  BookSmart app is so closely tied to iPhoto, perhaps that could be an issue? Is there any way to remove the handshaking with iPhoto via preferences?

I have the same problem… I tried to simply import about 90 images I was going to work with. I selected ONLY the images I wanted to use in the book, and HUNDREDS of images populated the library.

 I also noticed the simply creating this book dropped my harddrive space by 2GB!!! This is only about 200MB of images. 

I’ve tried right clicking the images I don’t want in the library but the "delete" option is greyed out. 

 Heip please. 

 Using a Mac with SnowLeopard 10.6.2

Well… now I just looked through the B/W demo video and you CAN put B/W images in. Now I’m not sure if this is a good option for a B/W photography book or not. Anyone know for sure?

I haven’t done a blurb book in about a year and was getting ready to do a new one. Might do one of just black and white images… and noticed there’s a new B/W choice. Is this just for text books without images? Or would it be appropriate for black and white photography as well?

Skip Hunt
Austin, Texas
http://skiphunt.carbonmade.com
http://www.skiphuntphotography.com
http://skiphuntphotography.tumblr.com

I haven’t done a blurb book in about a year and was getting ready to do a new one. Might do one of just black and white images… and noticed there’s a new B/W choice. Is this just for text books without images? Or would it be appropriate for black and white photography as well?

Skip Hunt
Austin, Texas
http://skiphunt.carbonmade.com
http://www.skiphuntphotography.com
http://skiphuntphotography.tumblr.com

I would prefer to have to not buy another book just to take advantage of new promo upgrades. I think I’ll just hold off and wait unless the staff says the upgrades will be backward compatible.