Publish Your Photos With MyPublisher
My wife and I go on a holiday ever year. We try to pick somewhere new that we have not gone to before and make an adventure out of it. Since we have been married, we have gone to South America, Africa, and just recently we traveled across Russia, Mongolia, and into China.
The most important thing that we come back with, besides our memories, are our photos. We develop around 400 every time and place them into albums. Usually just 4x6's and the regular old photo album you can buy from the store. However, this year we tried something different.
MyPublisher is an on-line store where you can create your own photo album using and have it created and sent to you. The album quality is quite impressive and the cost is reasonable as well.
How To Create A Photo Book
You basically go to their site and download their software application. Once you have installed it, there is a step-by-step process to get you up and going and creating your book.
Basically you
- Select what type of book you want to do (size and cover).
- Select your photos.
- Organize your photos.
- Layout your book by placing photos and writing captions.
- Upload and order your book.
After you have ordered, they ship you your book in about 5 days via FedEx (for me).
Quality
Quality is excellent. The colours come out very well and the software even lets you do "full bleed" pages where the photo goes right to the edge of the page.
Price
The price is pretty reasonable. For the basic linen covered book that is 8.5X11 inches, the cost is US$30 for the first 20 pages and US$0.99 per page after that. The maximum number of pages for my book was 100. You can choose to have pages with 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 9 photos on them. This is with or without captions. It is up to you. Shipping was $16.99 to Canada (FedEx). The regular cost was supposed to be $125.99, but there was a promotion on and I paid $82.39
My wife and I usually develop around 400 photos at $0.19 a photo plus $15 for the photo album. This comes out to $91, so the MyPublisher solution look far better and is actually cheaper this time.
What Is Not Good About MyPublisher
Their software definitely could be improved. The performance started to really lag on my computer after a couple hundred photos. It also is a bit awkward trying to move photos around and change fonts. They could definitely improve it in a few spots.
Summary
Overall, their product is excellent. It takes more time to create your album, but it looks professional and you can add nice captions with just a few keystrokes. For your next album or if you want to create an anniversary album or wedding album for yourselves or someone else as a gift, definitely check these guys out.
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