photobooks

MainelyFoolish

I know some of you said you make photobooks instead of getting 4x6 prints of your photos, so I decided to try it with my honeymoon photos (yeah, 5 years later...I'm a little behind).  I spent hours putting one together on Snapfish (where I have all my photos stored) and that sucker is going to cost almost $50 to get it printed and shipped, assuming the discount code I found at retailmenot works.  It has about 120 photos on 50 pages. 

For those of you who do photobooks, is this what your books typically cost?  How often do you make your books? 

hikingnclimbing

How big is the album? A 12"x12", 50 page album for $50 is a good price in my mind. But, then again, I usually pay 4x that for the fancy albums I do.

If I'm looking to do a cheapy, I usually got to shutterfly since they have awesome coupons they keep sending me. I'm hoping to finally finish up my Switzerland edits within the next week to put an album together with the latest big coupon they sent me (for transferring my photos from photoworks).

AnnieME

I do mine on Shutterfly because I get a lot of codes for using their site a lot.  Typically it's a 20 page book. I know you get charged for each additional page which can really add up.  I try to fit as many pics as I can on one page.   It makes me be super picky about which pics "make" the book.   But yeah, they can definitely be pricey!

MainelyFoolish

It's a 8-1/2" x 11" album with a hard cover and a dust jacket. 

I put several pictures on some pages but other pages just have one -- I didn't want to smoosh photos together that didn't belong together just to use fewer pages.  I guess I'll just suck it up and pay the price. 

MrsSweetpeaMagee

shutterfly is usually 30 for the first 20 pages and then a dollar a page after that... but I usually do them with a discount... I think  have a 20% in my inbox that I can shoot your way because I am waiting until the boys are two to order my next one and the code will expire before then... let me know!

KatieLG04

I usually pay about $150 for 3 books (for each set of grandparents and myself) and that it with a promotion going on.  I think mine are more than 50 pages though.  I make 1 per year (birthday to birthday). I think it is really worth it since I can make multiple copies and it takes much less time than making 3 albums.  It takes me a long time still though since I edit the pictures in photoshop then add them to the album.  I need to start working on the next one so I can have it done by Christmas lol.  It would cost me more money to print the pictures.

jgreg29

MainelyFoolish:

It's a 8-1/2" x 11" album with a hard cover and a dust jacket. 

I put several pictures on some pages but other pages just have one -- I didn't want to smoosh photos together that didn't belong together just to use fewer pages.  I guess I'll just suck it up and pay the price. 

Given your specs, yes, the price sounds reasonable.  But I think it's worth it for special albums, like a honeymoon.  :-)

MainelyFoolish

KatieLG04:

I think it is really worth it since I can make multiple copies and it takes much less time than making 3 albums. 

I just email photos to the grandparents and let them decide how to deal with them!

KatieLG04

Well, if nothing else, it takes care of figuring out Christmas gifts. DH's parents are awful about pictures and they would all get tossed in a drawer or box.  I do usually send along cds of pro pictures so they can make what they want, but for everyday pictures they just get the books.  My mother is already bugging me for the next one, but she'll have to wait a while   I usually make my on mypublisher.com