joshroot Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 <p>Photo.net is really excited to announce a great new partnership with Blurb. For a limited time, new users who register with Photo.net will get $25 worth of credit to Blurb and new (or renewed) Photo.net subscribers will get $50 in credit. Use your credit to make Blurb photo books for friends, family or just yourself.</p> <p>Looking for a special gift? Spend $25 to become a Photo.net subscriber and use the $50 in credit to make a unique Blurb photo book. Know of a photographer who isn’t active on Photo.net? Tell them about the $25 credit and help them register and join our community. Wish one of your Photo.net friends would publish a collection of their images? Purchase a gift subscription for them and tell them that the $50 is encouragement to make the photo book you’ve been waiting for.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 <p><strong>How do I get the credit?</strong><br /> When you register or subscribe with photo.net, you will receive an Photo.net <a href="../help/community/messaging/">internal message</a> with a special code to use when checking out through <a href="http://www.blurb.com/photonet">http://www.blurb.com/photonet</a></p> <p>If you are unfamiliar with the Photo.net internal messaging system, there is a <a href="../help/community/messaging/">tutorial right here</a>.</p> <p><strong>What can I spend my Blurb credit on?</strong><br /> You can use your Blurb credit on anything that Blurb sells.</p> <p><strong>Is this a $25/50 off $____ coupon?</strong><br /> No, this is exactly the same as a gift certificate. Photo.net and Blurb are encouraging you to try out Blurb's photo books by giving you some credit to get started.</p> <p><strong>I JUST subscribed recently, can I get in on this offer?</strong><br> <br />The answer is "maybe" depending on when you subscribed. Please us the <a href="../info/contact-us">"Contact Us"</a> form and send me an email to discuss.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 <p>Here's what the Photo.net internal message will look like in your inbox.</p> <p><img src="http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00b/00b8rl-508799684.jpg" alt="" /></p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcnilssen Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 <p>Josh, a splendid offer! How long is "for a limited time", and does the cupon code expire at the same time? I'd love to try Blurb, but time is rather limited, even during Christmas Holiday! :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 <p>Per,</p> <p>The credit doesn't expire. It's like a gift certificate. As for how long the offer will be available from our end. it's not a holiday thing. But I also don't know that it will last into Feb.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcnilssen Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 <p>Subscription prolonged - looking forward to try Blurb, and be more active on PN the coming 12 months... Merry Christmas everybody!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lintrathen Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 <p>Hi Josh....... my PN renewal cycle is May...... if I am already a user of Blurb, <strong>and</strong> if the Blurb/PN special is still running, would the $50.00 voucher still apply?... if that makes sense(smiles).<br> Regards</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabien_. Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The offer is good, but I wish to share my mixed feelings with Blurb: I recently ordered from France a 20x20cm album with their most expensive premium paper, composed with pictures taken with my eos 5d mkII, processed carefully in lightroom on a deltaE<2 calibred lcd screen. When I first received the album, there were very clear marks of printing visible with naked eye (horizontal lines with a regular spacing) and the quadrichromy ''pixels'' were very visible, thus generating chromatic noise, loss of detail and color banding.. Considering the page size was 20x20, all these defects were clearly visible and annoying. I contacted Blurb and provided them with a scan of the book I got and they did not hesitate to provide le with a new coopy, free of charge. When I received the new copy, the visible printing lines had disappeared but the quadrichromy printing pixels were still very visible and degraded heavily my pictures: As a conclusion: * Do not use Blurb for printing quality photo books, unless you print very large formats (in which case details loss, noise and banding will be much less visible at tje reading distance) * I however have to admit their customer service was reactive and supportive. One question remains: is there any photo book printing company out there who does not use quadrichromy printing, but rather standard inkjet printing with 300dpi at least, and accepts low volume orders at reasonable cost ? (I might be asking for a miracle... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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