Grey’s Comments (group member since Jun 25, 2013)

Grey’s comments from the CreateSpace, Lulu and Lightning Source authors group.

CreateSpace has the advantage of providing a free ISBN and immediate access to Amazon (well it can take a week or so to filter through, but usually once published on CS you can be found on Amazon.com).

I've not used the others so I can't say any comparisons, but the books I have received through using this have, with one weird exception, being very good quality.

You can upload your own photo, use stock images they have ready for you, or hire an artist if you want for your cover. I've done all three and the covers look pretty good every which way.

Hi, I have happily and successfully used CreateSpace for 5 books, but I tried to do a poetry and photo book and CS's quality was way too low (I'd previously privately printed the same poems and photos in different anthologies at much higher quality). Am now seeing whether Lulu or Blurb offer what I want. Wondered whether there was a body of knowledge on photo books here?