Clearstory is hands-down thee best printing service I have found. At least in terms of the end-product.
I couldn't find any other place that could even print an 11x17 (after fold) book. On top of that, the color, quality, and beauty of my final book was astounding.
The people were friendly and I was given a tour of the facility which was pretty cool. Got to see some of the magic in action.
My only complaint, and it's a small one; is that it felt like the person who was in charge of keeping in contact with me and letting me know how things were progressing was somewhat lackluster.
Every time I called her it sounded as if she didn't know who I was, or what project I was doing there.
Also, my email exchanges with this person were sometimes frustrating. She would say she'd get back to me, and wouldn't... she'd say she sent me something and hadn't. I'd have to send her back the email chain so she could see that she hadn't sent me anything.
Overall it felt like there needs to be more attention to the clients and better organization.
Anyway, I will give this person the benefit of the doubt and imagine that perhaps she was very busy and had a lot of other clients to juggle.
Overall, Clearstory is where you NEED to go. I had a portfolio book printed there and I was also amazed at the cost. I believe all said and done I got a beautiful/huge portfolio book with perfect binding and spot varnish for only $180.
If I had this done at Kinkos (not that they could anyway) it would have been like $400 and probably a mess.
Thanks Clearstory for making my experience a Clearwinner. read more