BoatWorks in print
I’m a big fan of analogue, physical things so the idea of putting words and pictures from this web page into a book was with me from the very beginning. Partially because it’s easier and nicer to browse a book rather than the web page, partially also due to volatile nature of the Internet: the page is here today but tomorrow it might be gone. Having it in the book makes it available always - to some respect - and makes it “physical”.
My favourite supplier of print-on-demand books is Blurb and I print all my books with them. Superior quality at reasonable price if you ask me.
With this book I wanted to experiment a bit. I chose B&W edition on cream paper, hard-bounded. I’ve received the book after few days and the effect is very pleasing.
The cover is matt-finished in fact. I played a little trick with it by choosing glossy picture with light flare which makes it look glossy but it’s not.
Colour photographs printed on thin, cream-coloured and matt paper turned out very good, making it look a bit like reportage book, which was my intention. The good thing with Blurb is that I can print this book on another type of paper - photo paper or whatever - and make it colour book without a need to redo the design process. Just specify it at check-out and done.
I didn’t do any image processing to optimise photos for B&W printing - they went as they were. It’s not a photo book so they serve only as illustration to words, more important to me in this book.
That was a proof of concept and I see that it works. I stopped on 260 pages, landing somewhere in May this year when I put Meritaten to water after extensive renovation. Already now I have material for the second part so it will follow shortly in the same format.