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dotPhoto Review:
a Review DotPhoto.com Photo Books

Recently, I've had to do make a lot of changes to my previous DotPhoto review. Why? Because DotPhoto recently added "EuroBooks" to its offerings.

This means that DotPhoto Photo Books has gone from a photo book printer without much to offer to one who really has a lot to offer. They have increased the number of book sizes and kinds of covers, and they now also offer a greater variety in backgrounds and layouts. Hence this shiny new Dotphoto review!

DotPhoto's EuroBooks in Review

This photo book review that is included on this website is for the EuroBooks only. dotPhoto! still offers a photo book that they call a "yearbook". The review for that product and software would be completely different than the EuroBooks software review.

Their Photo Book Software

While the Eurobooks software is the major reason for this now-positive Dotphoto review, there is one down-side to it: it is now downloaded onto your desktop in a somewhat lengthy installation process. It also takes up a fairly sizable 581 MB on your hard drive. Since the software is now on your desktop it is not as easy to use the pictures that you have already uploaded to their site.

Now onto the positives.

When you use their photo book software, it's simple once you get a feel for it. They do have a button that will help you download pictures and text off the internet, so you could actually use photos that are in your Flickr account too. The software is fairly sophisticated - it even has an "Automatic Image Correction" that makes the corrections as you add photos.

Affiliation with MyPhotoAlbum

Within the past year dotPhoto has been bought out by MyPhotoAlbum. We do not review MyPhotoAlbum because they require a $20 membership or a minimum purchase. Although other sites do require a minimum yearly purchase, the MyPhotoAlbum requirements were restrictive.

However, they do not appear to make the same requirements for buying a photo book through dotPhoto, though I imagine the quality and final product of the photo books would probably be the same.

DotPhoto's Photo Book Specifications

Paper Weight	Most use 135 lb digital print paper
Max. # of Pages	98-130 depending on size of book
Shipping for one book	$7.99
Mac Compatible?	Yes

Updated: February 6, 2010

dotPhoto Photo Book Review

What is the Quality of the Photo Books?

The review on this page only reviews the software that you use to make your photo book. In order to review the quality of the photo book you receive or the quality of any help please go to Photo Book Experiences. Here you will find what other people have said about different printer/publishers. These reviews have been broken out by each individual publisher.

The quality of these comments are only helpful if Make Your Own Photo Books site visitors take the time to leave comments about their experiences. Please pay it forward to other site visitors by taking the time to leave a comment (good or bad)if you have made a photo book.

Comparative Photo Book Software Review

Background Themes	Wide variety
Layout Variety	Several layouts available - up to 13 pictures on a page. Can add pictures wherever you want to create your own layouts.
JPG as a Background	Yes
Digi-Scrapbooking Friendly	Yes
In-book Editing	A robust set of editing tools including good photo image editor.
Text - variety and Full Page	No full page text, but a great variety of text options. You can also add text to any page.
Embellishments and Corners	No
Full-Page Bleed	If you use an image as a background.
Final Grade	A