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Subject: [Leica] Blurb Books: Opinions, Please!
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 22:20:32 +0200
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Having seen the body of work you have been sharing with us, I think the 
Blurb 7x7 format, printed on their good paper, and formatted the way you 
describe, would be just fine. I use this size for my own yearbooks.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
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YNWA









On May 5, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> PESO:
> 
> Someday, after I finish all of this scanning,  I'm going to start working
> on a series of books, probably using Blurb.  My favorite photo books are
> the little Phaidon 55 books - only about 5x6 inches, each with 55 photos.
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Eugene-W-Smith-55-Series/dp/0714840351/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1367783433&sr=8-12&keywords=Phaidon+Press+55
> 
> I would like to do small, affordable books that you can hold close with one
> photo on the right-hand page and a description on the left-hand page - all
> black and white, all people.
> 
> Tom thinks I need to do big, coffee-table books that are expensive and
> impressive with colorful travel photos from the 67 countries I've
> photographed.  Tom is a great husband but he is not a photographer.  He
> does buy photo books, though, and knows what he likes ;-)
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Tina
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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