Mixbook Review:
Mixbook Photo Books Opinions
This Mixbook review is, as far as photo book reviews go, rather specialized. Why? Because Mixbook itself specializes in the way photo books are created with the service.
Collaboration with MixBook
This photo book pritners specializes in creating a collaborative environment to design your photo books. In fact, they call their photo book software a "collaborative scrapbook editor". That is how committed they are to collaboration-- which makes it a very nice option for those people looking to plan a collaborative project, such as a fmaily recipe book or school yearbook.
Creating a Photo Book at MixBook
Another important part of a Mixbook review is how easy it is to actually create the book-- whether you collaborate or not. Uploading pictures at
Mixbookis quite easy and fast. The picture uploader also connects to several social networking, photo storage, and search engines. I was able to connect to Facebook and add pictures from my albums without a problem. The only issue with importing pix from other sites is that the pictures tend to be lower resolution and only good for smaller pictures on the page.
However, that's true of any other photo book printing service.
MixBooks' Automix
If you don't have a lot of time to create your photo book hands-on, the Automix will make a book for you and it actually does a really nice job. You can change some pictures and add your own text so there is still a nice degree of flexibility with this option-- one of my favorite parts of my Mixbook review, actually, as most other printers have less flexibility with their "auto fill" type options.
Layouts and Templates
Although there are specific backgrounds, stickers, and layouts loaded with each theme, you can add backgrounds and stickers from other themes or even upload some if you have them from another program. Layouts can be altered, and you can add a picture to any page, so you can really make your own layouts.
The service provides a nice degree of design flexibility-- more than most printers, probably.
Mixbook Photo Book Specifications
| Paper Weight |
semi-glass, silk 100# acid-free paper |
| Max. # of Pages |
99 |
| Shipping for one book |
$8.99 - $14.99 |
| Mac Compatible? |
No |
Update: March 3, 2010
Mixbook 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
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Background Themes
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Unlimited -- you can add more from any images you have.
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Layout Variety
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Wide variety given, and you can create your own too.
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JPG as a Background
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Yes
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Digi-Scrapbooking Friendly
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Yes
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In-book Editing
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Limited
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Text - variety and Full Page
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Full variety
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Embellishments and Corners
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Yes
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Full-Page Bleed
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Yes
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Final Grade
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A+
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For an explanation of the Feature Set Review
MixBookPhoto Book Sizes
The prices given are based on a 20 page book with printing on both sides of the pages. Additional pages are available for an extra charge. The price given is the
lowest price for that size category.
| Hardcover |
| 14x11 |
49.99 |
| 12x12 |
39.99 |
| 11x8.5 |
29.99 |
| 8.5x11 |
29.99 |
| 8.5x8.5 |
29.99 |
| 8x6 |
19.99 |
| Softcover |
| 8.5x11 |
19.99 |
| 8.5x8.5 |
12.99 |
| 8x6 |
11.99 |
| 6x4 |
6.99 |
For a more detailed pricing, please visit Photo Book Covers and Sizes
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