software is true: it's balky, slow, not always stable and can be put
together by one person only.
I solved this last by projecting the screen and having the group make
decisions about layout, what to include, etc. The rest of it, though
frustrating at times, was certainly not insurmountable.
Bottom line is that anyone who comes through our school and sees the book
comments on how it's the most beautiful yearbook they've ever seen. The cost
is high; though not so much relative to other yearbooks I'm aware of.
You can see the first 20 pages
here<http://www.blurb.com/images/uploads/catalog/70/69770/63760-17ed9900e6282e6da9dfec1946ae7e9b.pdf>
.
(Ignore what looks like a mistake on the title page - not sure why it's
coming out that way . . .it certainly did not in the printed copies.)
In peace,
*Norman Maynard*
Principal, Upper School
*Thornton Friends School* <http://www.thorntonfriends.org/>
Silver Spring, MD 20904
301.384.0320
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Jill Atkinson <jatkinson@shoreschool.org>
wrote:
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
> >We use Lifetouch and then upload our pages from iWork. Lifetouch
> >compresses the pictures before sending them into their system and has
> >a 10MB upload at a time limit.
>
> What a timely post! Is anyone out there using web-based, self-publishing
> solutions such as Blurb's BookSmart (blurb.com) or Lulu (lulu.com) to put
> out their own yearbooks? I've been testing out Blurb, which has great
> layouts...but its BookSmart software runs SO slowly - even on a speedy
> computer, and seems to be difficult to have multiple contributors on
> different machines. Lulu is nice because you can upload your own PDFs from
> layouts you create using the layout program of your choice. However, I'm
> wondering what else is being used by this esteemed group.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> j.
>
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