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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonlarson, post: 664374, member: 15488&quot;]Sorry for the late reply, I just got home from work.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I downloaded the software from Blurb.com</p><p>The software has several templets for the photo and for the text. You can use their templets or you can create you own. I used a combination.</p><p>It looks simple, but is is a lot of trial and error to make it look the way you want it. I had to retake the photos and resize to fit the pages twice. I also had to try a few different fonts annd type size to fit the pages. I estimate that I spent about 30-40 hours putting it together. That time was spread out over a period of about 2 months and does not include the research, rewrite, and photography time. the software uses a LOT of memory, so you have to be very patient, (which I am not), to get everything right.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Once you get everything the way you want it, including spellcheck, and have a couple of people proof read for errors, You upload the program to Blurb.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You have a choice of soft bound or hardbound and a choice of paper, I chose the premium paper, hardbound, with no paper cover. the cover is one I selected, and is pasted to the front and back.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The book is 40 pages, not including the introduction, and title, and copyright pages.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It cost me $40 to have printed. Actually the first one I sent in had the photos too large and they got the tops cut off, and I found about 15 grammer errors, which spellcheck did not catch. I redid and sent back a second time. Cost me another $40. Turnaround was about 2 weeks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The completed book is just like you would buy at a book store.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The site will even let you show your book and sell copies for you. I mean you can actually make money off this. I chose to keep it private. I can resale it on the site for about $39 each.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Everyone I have shown this book to freaked out. Honestly, I would have paid a lot more to have this printed. It is high quality! If you have a special collection and a lot of time and patience, you will be very proud of the results.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for the kind comments, if anyone is interested in doing something like this and would like some tips, I&#039;ll be happy to share my expieriences with the project.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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