For giveaways, I use Mpix. They are pretty amazing with their option to use linen paper. I order soft cover 8x10 books all the time, and the linen paper gets attention. Their program for loading images sucks, but the cost ($25 for a book) is pretty nice so I deal with it.
But then there are those times where you need something a little better than an Mpix book, but don't want to go spending the time and money on an Asuka book. That's where I decided to start using Blurb. They are pretty popular and have a fairly easy book layout program with nice and clean templates. The price is a little higher than MPix, but not something that is too terribly bad. One bit of advice is to not bother paying the extra $10-12 on the premium paper option. I recently ordered two books (one with premium and one without). I had to email customer support because I could not tell the difference. Their response was the premium paper is a bit thinner and the colors where a bit deeper. I literally had to put each on a scale to see the difference. In my opinion a waste of money.
The best part of Blurb that blows every other company out of the water is their option to put your book up for sale. Now that is smart. I not only get to publish a prety cool book to show to clients, but I have the ability to sell to family, friends and fans. Not to mention one more thing that gets searched by agencies. Sound like a great marketing to me.
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