Albelli photobook feedback

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Just thought I would post a couple of samples in case anyone is interested in ordering from them.

Very happy overall, biggest gripe is they force you to have a page with their logo at the back which obviously doesn't look professional. I have found an 'expert' way to removing any trace of the offending page though, but still.. it would be better if you could pay a little more for them not to include it.

Below are a few samples, note that the pages have a slight sheen to them, hence why the highlights look blown out in the pictures, but don't in real life.

 

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Judging from your photos. Paper doesn't look that heavy, spine looks quite weak, colours look accurate enough.

How much?

The bit about their logo would be a killer for me, even Blurb has an option to remove it, even at a price.

It was for me to at first, I only found out they did that from reading a review after I had ordered it as they don't show it in any of their samples. So I called them to let them know I wasn't happy and pointed out blurb allow you to remove the logo, and they promptly agreed to a refund.

However when I got the book I had a look to see what could be done, it turns out that due to the lay flat binding, you can carefully remove the page in about under a minute without leaving visible evidence, so not a deal breaker for me any more.

Paper is similar to a photograph in thickness I would say, apparently it's 200 gram paper, this suits me as I like to be able to add allot of pages. I know our philosophies differ here.

Spine etc. obviously isn't super thick, but it seems to be made from sturdy material, at least sturdy enough that I wouldn't envisage it falling apart over x number of years.

£65 delivered.

 

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A blurb book doesn't compare in actual book quality imo, although print quality is much the same. I ordered a Blurb album not so long ago with half the pages, and that came to £75.