Turning digital photos into a bound book?

[PointShoot267105]

I am looking at a new product/service and I am wondering if anyone has had an experience with it. It's called:

http://www.mypublisher.com

It's a company that takes your digital files and prints them directly onto pages then bounds them into a hardcover book. The way it works is you download their software... which helps you to layout the pages using your JPEG. Then you upload the whole thing and they send you a bound book in a couple of days. It sounds pretty cool.

I am wondering if anyone has used them... and what your experiences were. I'm also interested in knowing if there are any similar companies out there and what their names are.

Thanks

 

[PalmsWestPhoto]

P&S

mypublisher is cut for grandparents but i dont think you will be happy with the print quality of the photos. I wasnt. Nowhere near happy. But like i said for the price it isnt bad for grandparents.

There are other companies that do a better job but they are more expensive

I am currently looking into a binding system that would allow me to bind my own books from my own prints called Unibind. They have bookcovers in different materials and they look pretty decent.

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Michael Salzlechner
http://www.PalmsWestPhoto.com

 

[Brian Cao]

I've found the actual binding is excellent. On the other hand, the image quality is something else. On bright, vivid pictures it's fairly good. However, if you have any pictures with shadow areas, the print quality is very low.

I am looking at a new product/service and I am wondering if anyone
has had an experience with it. It's called:

http://www.mypublisher.com

It's a company that takes your digital files and prints them
directly onto pages then bounds them into a hardcover book. The way
it works is you download their software... which helps you to
layout the pages using your JPEG. Then you upload the whole thing
and they send you a bound book in a couple of days. It sounds
pretty cool.

I am wondering if anyone has used them... and what your experiences
were. I'm also interested in knowing if there are any similar
companies out there and what their names are.

Thanks

 

[Philly]

I placed my first order with them over two weeks ago and have not received shipping confirmation yet. I just sent an email to them to ask about it.

Their printer prints at a 180dpi resolution. I am not too familiar with printing technology, but I believe they use offset printing, as used in magazines.

I'll provide an update when (if) I receive my order.

Shutterfly does binded photo books as well, but I couldn't find any information on their print resolution.

I am looking at a new product/service and I am wondering if anyone
has had an experience with it. It's called:

http://www.mypublisher.com

It's a company that takes your digital files and prints them
directly onto pages then bounds them into a hardcover book. The way
it works is you download their software... which helps you to
layout the pages using your JPEG. Then you upload the whole thing
and they send you a bound book in a couple of days. It sounds
pretty cool.

I am wondering if anyone has used them... and what your experiences
were. I'm also interested in knowing if there are any similar
companies out there and what their names are.

Thanks

 

[Joseph S Wisniewski]

P&S

mypublisher is cut for grandparents but i dont think you will be
happy with the print quality of the photos. I wasnt. Nowhere near
happy. But like i said for the price it isnt bad for grandparents.

There are other companies that do a better job but they are more
expensive

I am currently looking into a binding system that would allow me to
bind my own books from my own prints called Unibind. They have
bookcovers in different materials and they look pretty decent.

And once again, I find myself agreeing with Michael.

I've been using a Unibind hot binder for about 10 years now.

Do you have your eye on a hot binder, spine binder, or wire binder?

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[QT]

I am looking at a new product/service and I am wondering if anyone
has had an experience with it. It's called:

http://www.mypublisher.com

It's a company that takes your digital files and prints them
directly onto pages then bounds them into a hardcover book. The way
it works is you download their software... which helps you to
layout the pages using your JPEG. Then you upload the whole thing
and they send you a bound book in a couple of days. It sounds
pretty cool.

I am wondering if anyone has used them... and what your experiences
were. I'm also interested in knowing if there are any similar
companies out there and what their names are.

Thanks

Take a look at my post and the responses:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1018&message=11074754

http://dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=143499

Go with Shutterfly's photo book service.

 

[peripheralfocus]

I'll echo the experiences of others:

I had a 9x12 cloth-bound book made by MyPublisher last summer as part of a project to review 40 online printing/sharing sites for CNET. The book itself -- the cover, binding, and paper -- was actually quite nice, in my opinion and that of my editor's, but the printing of the images was lousy. A real shame.

I am looking at a new product/service and I am wondering if anyone
has had an experience with it. It's called:

http://www.mypublisher.com

It's a company that takes your digital files and prints them
directly onto pages then bounds them into a hardcover book. The way
it works is you download their software... which helps you to
layout the pages using your JPEG. Then you upload the whole thing
and they send you a bound book in a couple of days. It sounds
pretty cool.

I am wondering if anyone has used them... and what your experiences
were. I'm also interested in knowing if there are any similar
companies out there and what their names are.

Thanks

 

[PalmsWestPhoto]

Joe

i was looking at the hot binders. We have spine and wire binders but they dont look nice enough for this kind of stuff.

Do you use the book covers with the hot binding system ?

The only negatives i can see so far are

metal spine can be bent and once bent looks bad and cant be straightened out.

metal spines can not be cut so you can only use the length they sell

Anything else i missed ?

What sizes of spines (in height) do they offer for the book covers ?

thanks

Mike

 

[Steve Bingham]

I love people with actual knowledge. Where do I find it on cnet?

Steve Bingham
http://www.dustylens.com

 

[Joseph S Wisniewski]

Joe

i was looking at the hot binders. We have spine and wire binders
but they dont look nice enough for this kind of stuff.

Agreed.

Do you use the book covers with the hot binding system ?

I either use the clear covers with black spines and black backs, or I use "FastBack" binding strips (usually the blue fabric) and whatever strikes my fancy as the cover. Sometimes I print on cloth (canvas or polysilk), then wrap the fabric over card stock for the covers, and bind with a matching cloth spine, usually white.

The only negatives i can see so far are

metal spine can be bent and once bent looks bad and cant be
straightened out.

metal spines can not be cut so you can only use the length they sell

Anything else i missed ?

Dounds about right, and why I don't use a metal spine binder.

What sizes of spines (in height) do they offer for the book covers ?

The FastBack comes in 11 inch precut, or roll if you want to cut your own.

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Ciao!

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[nethiker]

I came across this press release that came out last month. The company, Photo Works use to be Seattle Film Works. They are offering a bound photo book with a 100% money back guarantee.

No idea about the quality, but the write up looks good.

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041020/205268_1.html

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Greg

 

[peripheralfocus]

I love people with actual knowledge. Where do I find it on cnet?

The piece hasn't been published yet, and I haven't asked the editors when it will be. I'll try to remember this thread and send you an e-mail when it gets posted. Here's what I can briefly pull off the top of my head (so subject to memory lapses):

For printing:

Fujifilm.net -- the best but also the most expensive
Shutterfly and Ofoto -- pretty good and mid-priced
DotPhoto and Photoworks -- pretty good and fairly inexpensive

(I also still like Printroom for its orientation towards advanced photographers, but its print quality isn't always great.)

For sharing:

Smugmug (I'm using this service myself now and like it reasonably well)
The other ususal suspects -- pBase, Fotki et. al. -- are fine, too.

 

[fritzkurt]

http://www.fotobuch24.de (German, Central Europe). 20 x 27 cm, Hardcover, 64 pages, double page image 40 x 27 cm possible, just great and very good print quality, comparable to any commercial book.

Fritz Kurt