The 50 page limit caused me emotional pain, but as of July 2010, they now offer a 76 page option. The AdoramaPix books have a real "WOW!" factor that's impossible to ignore. The print quality is more of a mixed bag - my test book came with Photo Correction turned on, and the resulting images look a bit muted in tone, though not seriously so. RATING: AVERAGE to EXCELLENTĪdoramaPix ( Bringing lay-flat pages to the game at a price point no one else can match, AdoramaPix stands out with superb paper quality and superb cover quality (despite the lack of easy spine printing). If you've done a good job pre-processing your images, turn off Vivid Pics and you'll likely be quite happy with the print quality. Excellent paper quality and cover quality (along with spine printing) are held back by the average print quality due to the too-warm implementation of their Vivid Pics system. Shutterfly ( The Web-based book building process isn't fancy, but it gets the job done with minimal effort. The otherwise nicely-done cover is dragged down by the lack of spine printing and the Inkubook logo on the back, but the price is in the same ballpark as Blurb ($42.95 USD), meaning it's quite affordable and well worth your consideration. Inkubook ( Despite a few bugs, the Web-based book building experience was quite excellent, and the paper and print quality are excellent. The paper is a little cheap-feeling compared to the others in this round-up, and their $6 premium paper is a waste of money - but Blurb's prices can only be described as "Crazy Cheap!" ($24.95 to $43.95 USD), so there's a lot of value for the dollar.
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OVERALL RATING: AVERAGE to EXCELLENTīlurb ( The powerful book-building software combined with a variety of book options - including the superb imagewrap hardcover - make Blurb a real contender. Slightly higher-than-average pricing ($79.59 CAD), but if you live in Canada, shipping isn't very expensive and there's no hassle with cross-border fees. The cover quality doesn't quite measure up to others in this review, however - they need to improve the image printing quality. ( Solid desktop software makes book building easy, and the excellent paper quality combined with average to excellent printing quality and spine printing make this a decent choice. You don't want to order a book from Picaboo. Picaboo ( Great desktop software that's easy to use, but dark, muddy printing quality and only average paper and cover quality coupled with a lack of spine printing and extremely high prices ($119.59 USD) seal the deal in a bad way. First, an executive summary of each photo printing company.įigure 84: Photo books reaching to the sky. In light of this, I've broken down the results of this review in a few ways.
Some people may value ease-of-use above all else others, paper and print quality while for some, price is king. There are a lot of different ways to answer the question of who makes the best photo book, because everyone has different values.
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