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I was a bit of a freak when it came to photobooks after the wedding.  I ordered albums from 4 different companies so I could see the different quality.  I have looked over the quality of the albums from adoramapix, photobook america, picaboo and My Publisher.   Adorama and Photobook America were definitely the two best because they use real photo paper rather than printing on cardstock. 

If you subscribe to adorama's twitter feed or facebook page you'll get clued in on their specials.  The book I have from adorama is really nice.  The only downfall is that the corners of the cover aren't holding up really well so there are a few chips in it from very basic handling (that book was a boudoir book so we still have that one).

My Publisher runs a lot of specials and has a buy one album, get an identical album free for new users.  We used that for the albums we ordered and I really liked it.  I couldn't tell the difference in the paper even though it wasn't tecnically photo paper.  The only downfall I found with My Publisher was that the black linen cover on the book showed fingerprints really easily.  They offer lay flat pages but I didn't order them on the gift albums so I don't know about how that would look. 

Photobook America was my favorite.  I ordered from different companies for our gift albums so that when it was time to do our personal album (we paid a lot for our photography but didn't have it in the budget to get a really expensive album) I'd know which company I liked the best.  I think the quality was the best and I had a groupon which made it a little more reasonable.  The only downfall is that they don't offer lay flat pages. 

Picaboo was ok and was reasonably priced, but the final product looked a bit cheap when compared with the others.  I wouldn't order from them again if i was looking for a nice quality book.  I will say that I had a flaw in the first book and they reshipped my book correctly two days after they received my email with pictures of the problem. 

Here is a website I used when i was researching.  http://www.digitalhomethoughts.com/news/show/97676/the-great-photo-book-round-up-review-who-makes-the-best-photo-books.html

Good luck to you!

We used MyPublisher (as does our photographer) and really liked them! We got a deluxe album for ourselves included in our photography package and upgraded to the printed photo cover, not the linen one. They always have sales/deals going on, like clane616 said. We ordered a couple of small, paperback albums for parents and they were super cheap and the quality was good. Actually, they messed up the cover on one (technically we messed up designing it, but it looked fine on the preview) and they replaced it quickly for free, so I'm happy!