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Old Aug 21st, 2007, 08:33 PM   #1
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Photobooks

Has anyone ordered photobooks from apple before? What did you think of the whole process? Was it difficult making a photobook? What is the quality of it? How do you compare it to traditional photo albums.

Just wanted to get some opinions on this.
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Old Aug 21st, 2007, 08:38 PM   #2
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I made a couple of photobooks for our son's grandparents. I didn't bother ordering from Apple--skip the middleman and go to mypublisher.com and save yourself a lot of money (almost 50% less than Apple's price.) You can either use the iPhoto plug-in, or use their software.

Anyway, it was really easy and the results were fantastic. Very professional looking. We got the large book done in hardcover and it turned out quite nicely. The only thing that I didn't like (but can live with) was the photo on the front is glued on and could fall off over time.

Other than that... it's gorgeous.
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Old Aug 21st, 2007, 10:10 PM   #3
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I've ordered a number of books from Apple, both hardcover and softcover. All were very impressive. The only caveat is one should opt for the express delivery, lest the order somehow gets lost in transit. I've also ordered calendars and prints; calendars look great, but prints are astounding!
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Old Aug 21st, 2007, 10:13 PM   #4
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I made a couple of photobooks for our son's grandparents. I didn't bother ordering from Apple--skip the middleman and go to mypublisher.com and save yourself a lot of money (almost 50% less than Apple's price.) You can either use the iPhoto plug-in, or use their software.

Anyway, it was really easy and the results were fantastic. Very professional looking. We got the large book done in hardcover and it turned out quite nicely. The only thing that I didn't like (but can live with) was the photo on the front is glued on and could fall off over time.

Other than that... it's gorgeous.
i've ordered from apple before and been very pleased with both calendars and photobooks.

Thanks for the tip MannyP...bookmarking that other site right now

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Old Aug 21st, 2007, 10:48 PM   #5
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I've done several books in iPhoto and found it to be really easy. The quality is, in my opinion, outstanding.
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Old Aug 24th, 2007, 09:59 AM   #6
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Did one of my trip to Ireland in Aperture trial. Very impressed. People are amazed when they see it.
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Old Aug 24th, 2007, 10:31 AM   #7
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Has anyone ever ordered photobooks from Walmart? Their local shop does a reasonable, quick and cheap job of regular prints, so I'm curious to know if their books are any good (in comparison to the Apple ones).
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Old Aug 24th, 2007, 11:06 AM   #8
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its walmart...so its going to be crap


walmart vs. apple

hmmm?
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