On-line Printing & Bounding of Bood

[lduran]

I would like to take my digital scrapbook and have it bound--either soft or hard cover on-line. Where & how can I do this?

Thanks!

[pkdoll]

We have a printing service right here on SBM, but I don't think that they bound them for you. Not sure who does the binding- but shutterfly prints the photo books. They really look nice, but I have never used their service for that. Others on this forum have used them for printing pages and say they do a pretty good job with that, so you may want to check them out.

[OnieRN]

What would help....

We have people on here from all over the world and some are using various services. It's important to know where you are. For example, SBM does have a service but they aren't able t serve some of the other countries (i.e. Aussies). If you would be a dear and tell us what country your in, then we can offer suggestions.

Glad to have you with us!

[angelwithin]

bonus print print and bound books - they are in the uk and post worldwide
http://www.bonusprint.co.uk/pages/ph...tobooks_prices

[juliehclark]

I have used shutterfly and have been very very pleased.

[MaggieMae]

I have used Shutterfly - their service and quality are top-notch, especially if you want a bound book.

[OnieRN]

Here's what I found....

I've used Shutterfly too but recently I uploaded to WalMart and was very pleased with the book I got from them. In comparison, both were equal in quality but WalMart was half the price. Shutterfly charged me $42 for an 11 1/2 x 8 book of 24 pages and Walmart charted me $22 for 28 pages. I have also printed 8 x 10 pics at Sam's for $1.60 a pic.

[Karey1970]

Printing Services

OK, speaking of printing services, I upload to SBM and printed 12x12 pages and they exceed my expectations. The quality was unbelievable. But this poses a question... If I want to print an 8x8 to a local printer, how do I go about it? If I select 8x10, it automatically resizes and is disproportioned. I thought I would be able to upload the jpeg file and cut off the excess 2 inches but it didn't exactly work that way! Any suggestions?

[ekatiel]

I'm about to send my first book to shutterfly to have them print it in a 12X12 photobook. They've got a great new option where you can design the front and back cover and spine, too. Just select "print digital scrapbook" from their photobook options. You can download a guide that gives you tips on how to make your layouts work best with their books, and what size to make the cover and spine pages. it also tells you to turn off a couple of shutterfly's automatic features that are good for enhancing plain photos, but don't make the digital scrapbook pages turn out well. I will let you know how the book turns out! --katie