Printmyphotobook Photo Book Review

Printmyphotobook is a photo book printer that has more to offer than is seen at first glance. If I was not trying out the photo book software to review it, there are some things I could have easily overlooked. Since I did my first review they released version 3.6 of their photo book software -- there were no functional differences that I could see while using the "new" software.

Printmyphotobook has only plain backgrounds offered in the background tool, but if you are an expert, you can add any image as a background and then overlay it with as many pictures as you want. This is shown in "The Way It Works" - a description of the process and steps to make your photo book. This is very helpful, but their other forms of help are some FAQs and the ability to send an email to get your question answered -- without a promise to the length of time it will take.

One thing that is confusing is the types of bindings that are used in Printmyphotobook. If you go to the binding page it says there are three types of binding. They only list two types that are available. One has one option under it, and the other has four options under it. This doesn't add up to me. They do have a staple bound booklet, hardcover book with a few options and spiral binding.

Printmyphotobook's minimum size book is a generous 36 pages. Remember when looking at the price list that their book size is almost twice that of other publishers. I was impressed with the calendar layout option. Now you can easily make an appointment calendar for a special someone - you can add pictures to the calendar pages.

I think the favorite option is a double page layout -- I have seen it before, but you need to do some manipulation to achieve the same thing with other programs.

The photo book software is available for both Mac and Windows.

Updated: January 13, 2010

Printmyphotobook Photo Book Review

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Comparative Photo Book Software Review

Background Themes	No themes, but you can choose from over 30 plain colors or create your own.
Layout Variety	Wide variety up to 9 images a page, but more pictures can be added. Has a nice double page layout and calendar page option.
JPG as a Background	Yes
Digi-Scrapbooking Friendly	Yes
In-book Editing	No image editing
Text - variety and Full Page	Numerous fonts available, and you can change the background color of the text box. Unlimited text.
Embellishments and Corners	Can add a wide variety of frames in many colors and widths.
Full-Page Bleed	Yes
Final Grade	A