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Originally Posted by mousepod
If you think the larger format would better represent the pictures, I'd go with the larger format. One way to make the price point be a little more appealing (at least for the first several months), is to offer some kind of "bonus" for people willing to pay the extra money. You could, for example, offer a free 8x10 reproduction of the cover - signed by you - to anyone who purchases the book in the first 12 months.
On the other hand, if the original photos were 8x10s, would the smaller format hurt? How does a tight binding affect your margins?
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Well, I do need to check out the layout options for the larger format book. Since not all the photos will be full page size, I might be able to do a slightly smaller page count and still have a book chock full of good stuff. As I said, when I get home, I will see what the layout options are.
I do not think the smaller format would hurt, but I think people might be expecting a larger format book. In the smaller book, the full size photos would be approximately 7x9 in size in any case.
In any case, I'm very happy with the quality I do see. It looks nice, feels nice in your hands and will be a nice book to thumb through. I did want to make it affordable, though and I am hoping at some point Blurb will go with some kind of distribution via amazon, that would certainly increase views and (one would hope) sales beyond plugging on my website.