![]() I've been using them for fifteen years with very few problems, and I do like the glossy cover - although, as I mentioned, that may have been my mistake. After taking these pictures, I opened both books flat as if I were going to write in them the Mixam book looked worrying like it could lose some pages with daily use. The Blurb book feels better quality than Mixam some of that may be due to the glossy cover, which I prefer. Mixam Softcover Book (above), US Royal size, using 120gsm paper and 350 gsm cover. If I order from Mixam again I’ll be selecting that option. It’s only when I looked again did I realise Mixam also offer a gloss finish cover which I much prefer. I made the mistake of thinking Mixam called this lamination - which adds £6.50 to the price - so I thought I’d try the ‘Uncoated’ cover. The Blurb Trade Book covers come as standard with a glossy finish. I’ve carried out a small test using the Mixam paper which is similarly no problem. I sometimes use a fountain pen, which was no problem with the Blurb paper. I've been getting the 6" x 9" book with Standard Paper, which is recommended for photography, with a softcover. There are two paper types, Economy and Standard, and three cover options: Glossy Softcover, Image Wrap and Dust Jacket. The journals are Blurb's Trade Books line, which is available in three sizes, 5" x 8", 6" x 9" and 8" x 10". ![]() So I have these two journals, and it seemed an excellent opportunity for a comparison. To cut a long story short, I finally extracted a refund from Blurb, although it was far from an ideal customer experience. By this time, the journal I was using was full and not wanting to get out of the journaling habit, I quickly recreated the book in Affinity Publisher and sent it off to Mixam, another print-on-demand service. One of which took two weeks for them to respond. I contacted Blurb and got into a long series of back-and-forth emails. I don't know if this is a permanent change or because of some issue with Lightning Source. Previous Blurb books were printed by Lightning Source UK, based in Milton Keynes this latest book was delivered from the Netherlands, possibly explaining the additional postage.
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