I have used Lulu.com in the past, Nathan. About 20 years ago. Quite
problems with the binding caused a re-run, but as far as I recall that was
done FOC.
I think the books came from Spain, as it happens.
Piers
On Thu, 26 Mar 2026, 10:58 Michael R. Collins, <
MRC.OlympusList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> > http://www.greatpix.eu
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > @nwajsman.bsky.social
> >
> > Слава Україні! Героям слава!
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