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24 September 2012

Make Your Own Masterpiece By Coffee Table Book Printing

By Janis Hickman


If you are a new parent looking to capture their child's first steps or words, a world traveler hoping to capture their memories forever, or an aspiring photographer hoping to make it big, it is easy to create a lasting memory with coffee table book printing. Having memories or accomplishments compiled in a beautiful volume will provide opportunities for memories, gifts, or profit.

A coffee table book provides amusement for visitors and guests. It is a lovely volume containing images centered around a theme, such as flowers, babies, or food. They rest on the coffee table, waiting for guests to flip through them.

For people looking to create a keepsake of their baby's first years, their wedding, honeymoon, or a scrapbook of their children at school events, it is fairly simple to design and print a scrapbook online for a low cost. Websites such as Shutter fly are designed for the average user, one looking to simply capture memories. They provide an easy tool to extract photos from your computer, suggested designs and backgrounds, and the flexibility to change and move photos, even adding your own text. Once this has been created, it is just a click away from arriving at your doorstep. Multiple copies can be ordered for grandparents or friends.

Photographers looking to create a work of art from their carefully shot photos will want to look into more professional an artistic options. The site Blurb will help users compile books of high resolution photos, without losing any quality. The site works similarly to Shutter fly, and the first step begins by uploading pictures and arranging them through the site.

Not only does Blurb offer high caliber binding and printing, anyone who creates a volume with the website can list it for sale in Blurb's online store. This is perfect for the amateur photographer, as all you have to do is list your design, and the rest is taken care of, with no need to worry about printing or distribution of the books.

Anyone who is self publishing but has a distributor ready will be interested in mass production of the books. A cost effective way to do this is to find a company overseas that will do a large order at a low cost. Artful Dragon is one company that promises to deliver quickly, with a budget friendly price.

If mass production of the volume is the way you want to proceed, it will be necessary to figure out the finished product prior to ordering. Most websites that work with large orders request that the work be designed prior to placing the order. If this is not something that can be done without help, turn to a site that offers both design solutions and publishing. The website Star Print Brokers has tools for authors to create the design prior to publishes, and they offer to help the photographer. Their help will allow for an easy order, with lovely results.

In order to have the best possible coffee table book printing, there are several things that need to be decided. First, decide how the book will be used. Second, figure out how many copies you will need for that use. Third, find out if you are capable of designing the book yourself. All these things will help you choose the best place to have your book printed.




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