Why do I need to do this today? Well, after attending a fun Blurb blogger meetup last month, I got a credit to make a photo book. Which expires next week. Rather than attempting to get my computer sorted before that, I decided to make the book about Sprout's second year. I'll get to his first year later.
Hopefully I can get most of the heavy lifting done today--choosing from the scads of photos we've taken, uploading them all & formatting the book. This will be my first actual photo book (don't look so surprised) but I really want it to look great.
Also, I've decided to become a Blurb Affiliate, which means that I can earn commission when I send you, my lovely readers, to Blurb to make your own books. If you haven't heard about Blurb before, I'll be writing a bit more about them in future to tell you how I found the process of making a book & what I think of the finished product once it arrives in the mail. If you have heard of them & you're eager to do a book sooner than that, I'd love it if you'd head to Blurb's site via links in this post or the ad in the right sidebar. :)
How about you? Have you made photo books before? Have you got any tips for me?
I haven't, but want to. I would like to hear your review of the process, and see the finished work! It's kind of overwhelming to think of doing so many for my kids. I wish I had printed more pics, but we didn't print many at all. They are all still digital.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely should! Blurb has a few options for making photo books with them, probably the easiest one would be best for you because it's less time-consuming. That's what I'm testing out at the moment. I've seen sample books in person & they're really quite beautiful with high quality paper & printing. I'll make sure you get to see ours in person as soon as we get it. :)
ReplyDeleteHow much are they? There is a coupon today from one of those wagjag thingies for $25 for $75 worth of books from Picaboo. This means I could get maybe 2 books for that price. Maybe only 1.5, as the cheapest 8x11 seems to be $30 for 20 pages.
ReplyDeleteFor a small square softcover book with 20 pages, it's $11.95. The 8x10" size starts at $19.95. It's a few bucks to add pages, hardcover, different paper qualities, etc.
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