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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: printing a book
From: "Michael R. Collins" <MRC.OlympusList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:57:59 -0400
Hi Nathan,

This is not exactly next door to you, but on several occasions (my own wedding [I /wasn't/ the photographer], another wedding, and a photo/text book of family photographs for my granddaughter), I have used Pikto in Toronto, a high-end printing firm, and have been very pleased with the results. But... I see no "international" sizes in their repertoire, the closest would be 6x8.

Do take a quick look at <https://www.pikto.com/ca> if at all worth considering, the top-level "Product Info & Pricing" page is <https://www.pikto.com/ca/pricelist>. I'll give them a call today to ask about printing from PDFs. If you had a specific question, I could follow up with them.

Cheers,
Michael

On 2026-03-26 1:57 a.m., Nathan Wajsman wrote:
I have in the past used Blurb to print my photo books. The service is good for 
that. But now I have a different kind of book, a book where the text is the 
important part and the photos are there just to illustrate. I have it as Word 
file (native format) and an A5 PDF version that I have sent to a local printing 
house here in Alicante. But their binding machine has broken, and given that we 
have the Easter week coming up when nothing gets done in Spain, I do not have 
high hopes of being able to print my book there any time soon.

I was therefore wondering if there are services out there which would allow me 
simply to upload a PDF and have it printed professionally. I would prefer a 
service in Europe since the sizing standards are different in the US, and so I 
would have to reformat the book for half letter size instead of A5.

I know that Blurb can in principle deal with uploaded PDFs, but having read the 
instructions I am not keen on dealing with the complications.

TIA,
Nathan

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