Photo Book Publisher Comparison

In developing this feature set, we presumed that a full-functioning software is preferable to a more limited one, allowing users to easily create almost any photo book layout they can envision.

So, please review the test results with your needs in mind. If background themes and number of layouts are the most important, for instance, you can just go down the appropriate column to find which photo book printers have the features you desire. If ease of use is your main concern, you'll find a column for that, too. Take what you need from these photobook publisher reviews!

Confused about what all this might mean? Photo Book Feature Set Review explains the criteria used to evaluate the differen photo book publishers.

Test Results

Publisher	Background Themes	Layout Variety	JPG as Background	Digi- Scrap- booking	In-book Editing	Text Variety	Embell/ Corners	Full-page Bleed	Total Points	Final Grade
Available Pts.	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
Picaboo	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
Digilabs	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
Scrapblog	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
MyCanvas Photo Books	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
OurHubbub	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
RocketLife	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
Mixbook	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
SmileBooks	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
AdoramaPix	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
Turning Pages	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	13	A+
Snapfish	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	12	A
Shutterfly	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	12	A
Blurb	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	12	A
Printmyphotobook	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	12	A
Bookemon	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	12	A
dotPhoto	3	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	12	A
Inkubook	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	12	A
Ritzpix	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	11	A-
Artscow	3	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	11	A-
SeeHere	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	10	B+
Photoworks	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	10	B+
Hoorray	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	10	B+
Create Picture Books	3	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	9	B+
Kodak Gallery	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	9	B
Clark Color	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	9	B
HotPrints	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	B
MyPublisher	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	8	B-
Pixable	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	B-
Vistaprint	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	B-
Winkflash	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	7	C+
Lulu	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	7	C+
Memory Escape	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	6	C
Lifephoto	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	C
CVS Photo Center	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	C-
Viovio	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	D-
Qoop	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D-