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MyPublisher, Picaboo and Shutterfly all offer the services. I've used all three in the past. My favorite has been Mpix, because they are a branch of their parent company, Miller's, which is a professional photography album and prints company. They use quality paper and you have the option of creating a custom print cover (as do the other sites).
I have not had any issues with the others, I just prefer my Mpix over the others. All-in-all, even though the professional albums are expensive, they truly are worth every penny. Hope this helps!
I used artscow.com and shutterfly.com to create my engagement photo books, and I was really happy with both. Artscow is much cheaper, but the paper and the cover is the exact same quality as shutterfly (and actually the colors are brighter with Artscow). The only difference is the binding: artscow does a sewn binding and shutterfly does a glued binding. The stiched binding lays flatter, but I don't know which is more durable. Hope this helps!
My favorite is Blurb. I've used it several times and the imagewrap books with premium paper are excellent quality and the program you download to use it is pretty easy. Also, you can usually find a code somewhere on the internet for a discount on your book. I just recently did our guestbook through Blurb and we love it!
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i second miss.gator... Blurb is the best. I've made 3 blurb books in the last year of different friends weddings and given them as gifts... easy to use, great quality & books that will last forever! good luck!
I echo on Blurb! The software was easy to download and it was quick to make the book. It turned out great and I can't wait to have it on our bookshelf or coffee table. It even tells you if there might be an issue with the quality of your pictures in the printing process. If you look online (probably for any of the sites you're thinking of using) you can find coupons that make it even better!!!!!
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I've made a couple of books through www.snapfish.com. The quality is good and the prices are reasonable.
I've made books through blurb and snapfish. Now, I did order the upgraded pages (better paper?) for the blurb books....but I thought they were fantastic quality. The snapfish books I've ordered have warped covers now. Bummer.
If I were to order another book, I'd use blurb again in a second. I got a 60+ page book with the upgraded pages for $33 (I found a coupon code online - check for them b/c they're always available).
i researched this topic extensively and for myself, narrowed it down to blurb and mypublisher. i downloaded both software programs and attempted to use them but for some reason blurb took too much memory and was really slow in loading each page.
so i ended up purchasing from mypublisher. the quality is pretty good with vibrant colors. ir ead that mypublisher paper is thicker than the standard blurb paper, and paper thickeness is important to me. i used the buy1 get 1 free coupon with mypublisher (awesome deal) and gave 1 book to my inlaws and kept one for ourselves. we liked the quality so much that i just designed & ordered another book for my parents and ourselves too.
ultimately you have to go with what your priority is.. (price, quality, paper thickness, image quality, design creativity, etc..) and go with your gut feeling! =D
Great thread! We plan to make our photo book as well!
I have a Mac and use iPhoto. I made a photobook of our pics from our Italy trip and they are gorgeous. It was a little bit more money than Shutterfly (which I've also used), but I think the quality is better.
I'm going to use shutterfly for my engagement photobook which will double as our guestbook and then I'll make another of the wedding and another for the honeymoon that way they will all be together, neat, pretty and just the way I want them.
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I'm going to be making our own wedding album - any suggestions for shutterfly, kodakgallery, mpix, etc? I'm looking for something that's easy to use & good quality paper. Suggestions? Cheers!