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The zillionth time this question...

...has been posed here (I need to pay attention more, forum ADD'er I am!)

What photobook/s (blurb et al) do you all like/have used and loved?  I want to start putting together photobooks for the girls every year, when their birthday rolls around. Very a'la Kelle Hampton

http://www.kellehampton.com/2008/11/because-you-can-never-over-document.html

So, post your recs, pleaseandthankyou!

Re: The zillionth time this question...

  • Shutterfly.......for a number of reasons.  Their customer service was unbelievable to me when I made an error on one of mine.  I love all the different layout options.  All the different coupons you can find online to bring the cost down is really great too.  For our honeymoon one, I used like 4 different coupons.  Very good savings.  I received my book in like 5 days.  It was crazy fast!  I have used My Publisher before as well and I really think the photos came out MUCH nicer on the shutterfly one. 

    Let me know if you would like to see it to get an idea of the different designs, colors, layouts, etc.....

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  • Ohh thank you! Going to check out their site now.

    I wonder if their coupons are limited to the US/Canada. Hopefully not!

  • I just used Shutterfly for our wedding album and it came out great!

    I would definitely use Shutterfly for future books. It was easy, and I was able to upload as many images as I wanted which was a plus.

    I've used MyPublisher before, but I think I would choose Shutterfly over them.

  • I used Blurb for my wedding album and loved the end product!
  • We used mpix.com for our photobooks.  We ordered family copies a while ago and finally finished ours this month.  Loved both orders -- and recently there was a 15% off coupon, which was extra nice.
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  • I really liked Smilebooks's software, plus they always have good specials and coupons to bring down the price. I still haven't seen our books, but my parents RAVED about them. They are limited to the USA (and maybe Canada?) though.
  • iI uses my publisher and was happy with the quality.  i'm think about trying shuitterfly after reading this though.
  • I'm trying to figure out the same thing to make our wedding album.  I've made books on shutterfly before, and I recently made parent albums on mypublisher.  i guess i'm in the minority here, but i thought the quality of the mypublisher album was better, though i splurged for the 11x14 deluxe album on premium paper.  the shutterfly one is definitely good for the price.  i also just finished a picaboo album last week after getting a free book code, but i'm still waiting for that to come in.  The next ones I am planning to try are mixbook and blurb.

    If you have a costco membership, you can get 20% off mypublisher by going through their website.  you'll need to enter your costco member number.

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  • i've tried MP and shutterfly and prefer MP for quality.  my prof. wedding photog. has tried a lot of the companies out there, including blurb and mpix and kodak, snapfish etc and said hands down MP is the best quality /value out there right now.  i am not sure about the company that lisa used though....

    anyway, i am not sure how layouts etc b/c i always design my own and then import them as a "single photo" to the pages...but i have several MP albums and am always happy w/them.

  • I also love shutterfly. I made a book for our wedding and loved it so much I ordered 3 more for family. It was very easy to do too. We received one from our photographer as part of our package, but everyone likes the one I made better. 
  • Thanks for the excellent recs girls! Checking them all out now.
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