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Subject: [Leica] I Want To Make Small Photobooks
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Mon Sep 18 17:19:36 2006
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Thanks for the info, they sure seem to have a lot of options.
Phil
On Sep 17, 2006, at 10:16 PM, leo wrote:

> Phil
>
> To my eye, they look just like the books from iphoto.  there is  
> also another service that prints books,
> http://www.mypublisher.com/default.php
>
> haven't  used them yet...they do print little books, but for some  
> reason, only from mac files.  kinda nice the mac guys can do  
> something that the pc guys want and can't do!
>
> i think that most of these services use one of the xerox presses.
>
> leo
>
>
>
> On Sep 17, 2006, at 9:12 PM, Philip Leeson wrote:
>
>> One thing I thought was neat was the mac books are printed on  
>> paper that looks like a book, not on photo paper.
>> Is the Kodak service similar?
>> Phil
>> On Sep 17, 2006, at 12:21 PM, leo wrote:
>>
>>> bob,
>>>
>>> my wife uses the kodak service.  the results have been quite  
>>> nice.  they are also always sending her discount coupons.  she  
>>> also orders all of her prints from them.
>>>
>>> http://www.kodakgallery.com/MiniBookOverview.jsp?
>>>
>>> leo
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 17, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Robert D. Baron wrote:
>>>
>>>> A friend sent us some small books of photos of our dogs.  She  
>>>> had them made using iPhoto on her Mac laptop: see http:// 
>>>> www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/features/books.html  - soft cover,  
>>>> small size.
>>>>
>>>> These are great for hand outs and I'd like to make some / order  
>>>> some myself, but the software is Mac only and I am a Windows guy.
>>>>
>>>> I have looked for software &/or a vendor to make these small  
>>>> 2.6x3.5inch  booklets using Windows software but have not found  
>>>> any.  Does anyone know of such that I have missed?
>>>>
>>>> Size is important here and in this case smaller is better.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose that alternatively I could find a cheap used Mac  
>>>> laptop to run the software to order the albums, but I have no  
>>>> idea what model to look for; any thoughts or suggestions would  
>>>> be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> And of course some of the photos would have been taken with  
>>>> Leica gear....
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any ideas or suggestions,
>>>>
>>>> --Bob
>>>>
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