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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:16:09 -0400
From: EDTECH Editor-Eiffert
Subject: Photobook options
I'd like to start a new topic with this group - Custom published books.
I've worked with a few teachers recently who have used iPhoto to print
custom hard cover books, and decided that there had to be better
products at cheaper prices out there... Since then, I've used a couple
of printers, most recently York Photo.
A recent USA Today article sparked an idea - why not ask EdTech for YOUR
experiences!? Some will learn about this, others can share something we
haven't talked about yet (I think!)
Here's the USA Today article on various companies:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techreviews/products/2004-07-18-photo-book_
x.htm
I am pretty happy with York so far - good layouts, FAST service (1
week), but captions are limited, and not well laid out (I had to split
some captions across multiple photos, which results in large white space
between text.) I'd like to see more and better text options for whole
page stories, diagrams, etc.
According to this article, oPhoto allows you to do full text layouts -
so I'm going to check that out.
What have other people used? What drew you to that service? Price?
Quality of photos? Layout options?
What are you using these for?
I used this to make a 30p book of the birth of my youngest son as a gift
for my wife, mother and mother in law, and am doing a book for the 17
cousins based on pictures of my recently deceased 97 year old
grandmother. (For this project, I want to include some personal stories
she wrote, and simple family tree diagrams I made in Inspiration and
Timeliner...)
With students, we've used them to document science fairs, tech academies
and more...
I also like the fact that once you "publish" the book, you can share a
URL with others to be able to purchase that book themselves.
So students who participate in a retreat can buy a soft cover flip book
of digital images from that experience... With 2MP cameras now ~$100 (I
use a Minolta DiMage x20) having a couple on hand for students to shoot
anything and everything is really a reality. Some basic work in
Photoshop to crop and clean up some of the pictures, then organized and
published this way, is a heck of a keepsake for a pretty reasonable
price... (Expect to pay $30-40 for most books, including shipping...)
Your experiences and comments are very welcome!
Dan
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Daniel Gross, Director
Southeastern Wisconsin Instructional Network Group (SWING)
380 McCanna Parkway
Burlington, WI 53105
grossd@gtc.edu
(262) 767-5312
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