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What does that have to do with the topic at hand? The OP was asking about printing books with POD services. Adobe doesn't enter into it.
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Not so grasshopper.;
Read Bob's reply. Software is integral to the process and to achieve best results the end user needs to understand what he or she is doing with their software of choice and to have understanding of what the publisher can do and expects from image files.
Things have progressed quality wise for POD publishers over the past few years. And as I said or excuse me as I tried to imply the process isn't exactly a black box. If at first you don't succeed let the publisher know. That's part of their service. If they fail to please you then move on to another service; there are a lot of them out there so they must be doing something right. It's much like looking for good Pro labs in the film days. Good ones (pod publishers) are pricey. Excellent ones are expensive.
I might even suggest trying Costco for an affordable alternative for ones personal needs. On the other hand if you plan to sell through photo-eye then one needs to accept the fact that real $$$ are going to be needed.
Don Bryant
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, <digitalblackandwhitetheprint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
"Sorry but that's not accurate. Using Blurb's CMYK profile and software like InDesign neutral B&W is feasible. The bigger problem is likely to be a shorter dynamic range than one has with photo sensitive or ink jet prints."
Actually I was speaking from experience specifically with Blurb. Their process is not going to produce a neutral B&W print, unless by complete accident, and even then, it depends on who is looking at the images. There really isn't such a thing as a completely neutral B&W image, especially with their printing method.
"Besides look at what you are paying for the book. One offs for $50 to $100 aren't going to look like a 600 line repro or even a copy of Lenswork. If you are dissatisfied they will reprint or refund. There are quite a number of POD publishers and Blurb is probably the best know. Google reviews for B&W POD and that will lead you to more information about other publishers."
Exactly my point. POD publishers all use equipment that simply can't do the job for high end B&W (it is my understanding from talking to a couple of them, that they are all using pretty much the same machinery). It isn't designed for it.
"So if you subscribe to Adobe CC you will have access to products like InDesign. After stewing over the new licensing model I think CC is a bargain."
What does that have to do with the topic at hand? The OP was asking about printing books with POD services. Adobe doesn't enter into it.