I'd been wondering how to made a tangible version of the book currently available as e-book on Kindle available for its original purpose as a gift to my daughter. I didn't use FeedARead.com as the internal images with that publisher are black and white/greyscale. That was why Kindle was chosen as medium to show the trout in full colour. However, the images had to be reduced in resolution for the book to be uploaded.
Visiting Weardale Studios (http://www.weardalestudios.com), at the Dales Centre in Stanhope, I mentioned my dilemma to the photographer (Liz Laidler) while waiting for my ID pictures for Kuwait to be printed. She suggested http://www.photobox.co.uk and this morning I logged on, chose the A4 Portrait format and started adding the text and images one page at a time. The formats are designed really to people to create albums of images from digital photography/scans, but text is allowed so I was able to have text pages and image pages along with mixed media pages of text and image.
It is not cheap, but then colour printing never is. It is £65 (GBP) with 46 pages including the options - HQ premium paper or glossy paper, matt laminated cover finish, box sleeve cover, but if you order another copy there's a discount. Its on Photobox at http://www.photobox.co.uk/creation/2015752398
I do get messages from Photobox.co.uk suggesting the facility for the photobook was going to go in August 2016, but all seems to be well so far.
Consequently, two copies were ordered; Holly got her personal copy, as did the illustrator. That was two Christmas presents sorted!
Incidentally, a resent search of the internet came up with this at Angler'sNet.co.uk the kindle version got to #9 in the Fly Fishing top 10 on Amazon.co.uk which is very pleasing to see.
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