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Better Quality - Lulu or DTRPG?

Started by kythri, December 11, 2018, 03:27:58 PM

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kythri

December 11, 2018, 03:27:58 PM
So, there appears to be an increasing overlap of POD content available on both Lulu and DriveThru RPG.

Any opinions on who's got the better quality product?

I've got an order that should be printing any day now from Lulu, and I've been happy with them in the past.  Just curious about the "competition" as it were.

brettmb

#1
December 11, 2018, 03:47:17 PM
I've had far better quality from Lulu in the past, but they appear to be about the same these days.

Razor 007

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December 11, 2018, 03:49:50 PM
Quote from: kythri;1068243So, there appears to be an increasing overlap of POD content available on both Lulu and DriveThru RPG.

Any opinions on who's got the better quality product?

I've got an order that should be printing any day now from Lulu, and I've been happy with them in the past.  Just curious about the "competition" as it were.


I'm also curious.  I once purchased a book through Lulu.  I noticed that instead of a color hardcover, it would be a color slip jacket over a plain hardcover; right after I placed the order.....  Dammit!!!

I immediately regretted that.  The other vendor offered a color hardcover for nearly the same price.  Damn a color slip jacket!!!
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#3
December 11, 2018, 04:20:54 PM
I've had better luck with Lulu.  A couple of books I ordered on DriveThruRPG were nearly unreadable.

EOTB

#4
December 11, 2018, 07:16:38 PM
I don't know about Drivethru, but Lulu has no quality of their own unless its process has changed; the printing is outsourced to local printers, and so can vary from area to area or even order to order within the same area.  Lulu itself prints no books.
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December 11, 2018, 07:17:04 PM
I have more from Lulu, I think 8 to 4. The softback quality seems better at Lulu, the hardback quality seems better at DTRPG. But it's too small a sample size.

Loz

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December 11, 2018, 07:22:30 PM
Lulu.

DTRPG is getting better, but Lulu is better in both soft and hardcover.
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December 11, 2018, 07:31:51 PM
Quote from: Loz;1068270Lulu.

DTRPG is getting better, but Lulu is better in both soft and hardcover.

  Glad to hear it, since I just bought Mythras and the Classic Fantasy Expert Set from Lulu on Cyber Monday. :)

Omega

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December 11, 2018, 09:09:47 PM
Quote from: EOTB;1068268I don't know about Drivethru, but Lulu has no quality of their own unless its process has changed; the printing is outsourced to local printers, and so can vary from area to area or even order to order within the same area.  Lulu itself prints no books.

That is how just about every POD company works.

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December 11, 2018, 11:59:28 PM
I'm not sure about quality comparisons, but Lulu at least uses printers in Australia, so the postage is reasonable.
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December 12, 2018, 01:08:15 AM
Print shops are everywhere these days. Books are books.

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#11
December 12, 2018, 03:55:29 AM
Quote from: EOTB;1068268I don't know about Drivethru, but Lulu has no quality of their own unless its process has changed; the printing is outsourced to local printers, and so can vary from area to area or even order to order within the same area.  Lulu itself prints no books.

Yeah, I think it's pretty random depending on the printer. For the stuff I have I think my drivethru purchases seem more solid than most of the Lulu stuff, which for the UK I think is typically printed in Spain. My Stonehell Dungeon I from Lulu has pages falling out after heavy use.

TheHistorian

#12
December 18, 2018, 01:36:00 AM
Lulu is a little better at printing. Lulu is a lot better at packaging!

I wait for the Cyber Monday sale every year and catch up on whatever I missed over the course of the year.

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#13
December 18, 2018, 03:28:29 AM
Quote from: TheHistorian;1069092Lulu is a little better at printing. Lulu is a lot better at packaging!

I wait for the Cyber Monday sale every year and catch up on whatever I missed over the course of the year.

Not here in Europe. DTRPG is better at packaging and far quicker to ship. Printing quality is pretty similar.

Toadmaster

#14
December 18, 2018, 07:50:46 PM
No experience with Lulu, but I've bought several print books from DTRPG this past year, both soft and hardback. The quality of these books have been quite good.
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