The answers I get from MyPub are always specific and speedy in comparison. I had sent a couple of emails to blurb prior to using them and got fleeting answers back a day or two later urging me to visit their website and FAQ page. They answer my emails usually within hours and actually pay attention to my specific queries and answer accordingly. I have also had the opportunity to compare the customer service between MyPub and Blurb - hands down, MyPub is far superior. I am currently sourcing boxes which I could use instead. Their leather albums also come in a soft flannel bag which unfortunately also has the MyPublisher logo on it, so those get ditched. And the largest album (11x15) doesn't have the logo on it, for some reason. I cover this with a small, very tasteful, full-bleed label which I produce myself and simply has my own website address on it.
The ONLY thing I don't like about the MyPub product is that on their 2 smaller book sizes they place their logo (albeit in very small type) on the very last page. The MyPub book also has vellum-like semi-transparent pages inside the front & back covers, which gives it a richer, more "bridal" feel. It just looked and felt cheap, compared to the MyPub product. AND, the prices were nearly identical - in fact, I think the blurb book was a bit more. I had the identical book printed by MyPub, but with their leather-bound cover, and the whole look and feel was far superior, inside and out. The blurb book would have been fine if what I wanted was a child's storybook or something - it was just not suitable for a wedding product. It was more about the feel of the cover wrap and the quality of their paper compared to MyPub. It was not the print quality particularly that I was disappointed with - colour was about the same as MyPub. My experience with Blurb has been limited to just the one book that I ordered from them a couple of weeks ago. The full-service process is much pricier than designing the book yourself, but it’s a good option for those with more money than time.Hi Ron & Cathy. You’re charged for the design only if you order the book, and SmileBooks will make revisions according to your requests. We used its design service both to edit and to compile our books-a designer at the company followed our instructions, choosing our best images and designing the book for us. If this all seems like too much work, consider SmileBooks. Mpix’s autofill, however, seemed to respect neither. Kodak’s SmartFit did a good job with autofill because it seemed to respect both the order of our images and their aspect ratios. Both Picaboo and Shutterfly allow you to drag and drop to group pictures together, then automatically create layouts to suit your image combinations. Many of the services will automatically populate your pages, with varying degrees of success. Snapfish made it hard to edit individual photos, requiring you to click through a succession of screens to do so. With Mpix, you couldn’t add or get rid of borders for the whole book at once you had drag and drop the borders one by one onto your images.
Mypublisher photo book reviews software#
Software aimed at novices can be more frustrating. Of the online software, Adorama’s was one of the most sophisticated, allowing you to readily resize picture boxes, add drop shadows and text boxes, and even undo your last command-a function that’s missing on many online programs. Because we believe that a clean design shows off photographs best, we attempted in all cases to make that kind of book-and were frustrated if we had trouble avoiding graphic-themed backgrounds and cutesy frames and corners. Some had easy software, some had great print quality, others had nice layouts. We sent our staff’s own pictures to 10 of the biggest photo book services, ordering a range of sizes, paper stock, and cover types. There’s plenty of competition for your book business, whether the services are attached to online photo labs, such as Kodak Gallery, or offered by companies such as Blurb that are dedicated to books, or built into your photo software (e.g., Apple’s Aperture). Please note that we orderred our books in the summer of 2010-companies may have revised their products, creation software, and prices since then._ We tried out 10 of the biggest photo book services to give you a taste of what they can do, and gathered our most useful tips and tricks, all to help you create the most impressive volume possible. _Custom-printed photo books really show off your pictures, and they’re easier than ever to design and make.
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