Re: [OM] OT: printing a book

[Paul Haigney via olympus]

For my sins I used to do weddings back in the day, I'm in Ireland but I 
used a US based company called MyPhotobook, they produced very good 
quality work with a choice of leather, linen & standard cover 
binding,they also had options to include text in many fonts, they folded 
a few years back ( the company not the books)🙂, here's a company in 
Ireland that seem to do similar work. https://www.cewe.ie/
On 26/03/2026 12:59, Piers Hemy wrote:
> 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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