[jlemons]

I just created a book and for 15 pages, just 8 actual paper pages, it was going to cost me 44.99 plus shipping. That seems crazy to me. Are their any other companys that might offer this service at a cheaper price?

[MojoRising022]

I agree that $45 seems a little steep for what it is, but...

I believe the iPhoto books are printed single sided (I'd have a to look at the ones I've produced).

The quality of the books is unbelievable. Nice glossy paper. Bright and crisp photos (assuming they were originally). The cover and binding is excellent - not at all flimsy. All in all, they do a wonderful job on the package.

I am sure there are other companies offering a similar service, but probably nothing with the ease-of-use of iPhoto's book engine.

[spiky_dog]

hmm, seems prices have gone up a bit since i made mine 2 yrs ago. anyway they made great gifts. of note is that image quality, imo, is a bit under that of traditional prints on photo paper when comparing to prints made from the same (resolution and all) source files as those in the book.

[C.J. Moof]

I'm underwhelmed by the book I made for my folks for Christmas. The local grocery store makes better prints than these.... I believe the name for the problem is mori�- where inks don't quite line up and make a grid type look.

It's all pics of my kid- their first and only grandchild, so they'll love it anyway. But I probably won't make a 2nd one next year.

[Boondoggle]

Originally posted by jlemons:
I just created a book and for 15 pages, just 8 actual paper pages, it was going to cost me 44.99 plus shipping. That seems crazy to me. Are their any other companys that might offer this service at a cheaper price?

The book pages are printed one side only. I think the cover counts as one page, so you should have 14 pages inside.

The books are still $3/page as they've always been. When you consider that an 8x10 costs $4 the books don't seem quite as expensive.

The image quality however is not up to photo standards. It is as good as most books. The transfer from a optical/chemical process to an ink process is lossy. I've printed up 6 books so far, and some types of images do better than others. I tend to bump up the color saturation a notch or 2 for book printing, that seems to help. Every Apple Store has sample books lying around if you want to evaluate the quality.

Ofoto offers a similar printing service, and they may be cheaper. It is all web-based, and seemed cumbersome to me. iPhoto makes it easy.

All of the books i've made have been gifts... and they are wildly popular.

[Maflynn]

I'd agree that its a tad expensive and be honest the quality was less then I thought. Overall the book is nice, but I would have preferred something a little better.

My question then is if not iphoto who then?

Mike

[JKT]

If it is anything like the UK, the first 10 pages are a lower cost to print. Any additional pages on top of that are charged at a higher rate, so trying make it 10 pages tops to see how much it costs. (In fact you can only order 10 pages as a minimum)

[Hi I'm Ben]

I haven't recieved my book yet but yes and no i felt it was expensive. Yes because, well it was near $50 bucks after shipping.. and for a book of pictures that seems a bit steep. No because I don't know of another place that will throw my pictures together that fast for me and print them onto a bound book.

[ae77]

some other options:

http://www.imagestation.com/photo-gi...oto-books.html
http://www.lulu.com/static/photobook.php
http://www.shutterfly.com/photobooks/info.jsp

seems cheaper than iPhoto but not as easy.

[Boondoggle]

Originally posted by JKT:
If it is anything like the UK, the first 10 pages are a lower cost to print. Any additional pages on top of that are charged at a higher rate, so trying make it 10 pages tops to see how much it costs. (In fact you can only order 10 pages as a minimum)

Here is is $30 for the first 10 pages, and then $3/page after that, so there is no penalty for more than 10 pages, just for less than 10.

bd