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These Websites Let You Easily Turn Your Vacation Photos Into Beautiful Books

By Rebecca Carhart
March 08, 2019
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When you travel to a new destination, chances are you come home with hundreds (if not thousands) of photos stored in your smartphone or camera’s memory chip. While a handful of these pics will make their way to your social media feeds, the majority will probably remain hidden away in your digital hard drives.

Instead of forgetting about your vacation memories, why not turn them into a cherished keepsake photo book? Unlike the DIY photo scrapbooks of the past, it no longer takes hours of crafting and attaching photos by hand. You can now make a high-quality bound photo book with just a few clicks of a button thanks to websites like Mixbook, Amazon Prints, and Snapfish, which allow you to upload your vacation (or wedding or baby) photos into their easy-to-use templates and have a bound book delivered directly to your door in a few days time.

Related:We Tested 15 Portable Photo Printers — Here Are the Only Ones Worth Buying

Some of these services have hundreds of pre-set themes to choose from while others allow you to fully customize your book with personalized notes and illustrations. With so many photo book making services on the market, deciding which one to use can feel overwhelming.

To help you find the best one for you, we’ve broken down everything you need to know about seven of the best photo book making websites. Whether you are looking to make a softcover miniature photo book, a sleek leather-bound option, or even hardcover coffee table book, there’s a place on this list that will help you print the post-vacation photo book of your dreams.
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Best for Budget Photo Books: Amazon Prints

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If you don’t have a lot to spend but still want to make a quality photo book, we suggest using Amazon Prints. You can order a budget-friendly photo book by selecting images or dropping an album saved in your Prime Photos into its book builder template.

All photo books require a minimum of 20 pages, and prices for a 20-page book range from $9 for a 5 x 7-inch softcover book to $60 for a 12 x 12-inch premium layflat hardcover book. If you’d like to add additional pages, it will cost $1 to $2 a page depending on which style of book you select.

There are different themes to choose from, like holidays, baby, wedding, and travel, and you can customize each page with different layouts and templates. Each book can be customized with borders, quotes, embellishments, and backgrounds. The templates are easy to use, and you can save each page as you go so you won’t lose any edits.

Prime members will get free standard shipping, which delivers the book to your door in eight to 12 business days. Non-Prime members will have to pay a shipping fee of $4 for the same delivery time, but both Prime and non-Prime members can pay $14 for expedited shipping to have their photo books delivered within four to six business days.

To buy: amazon.com, from $9

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Best Quality Photo Books: Artifact Uprising

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Artifact Uprising’s photo books are on the pricier side but for a reason. The company offers premium fabric-bound covers, custom foil stamping, and high-quality, thick-cut paper. Its layout templates are incredibly easy to use, and you can drop in your favorite images by connecting directly from sources like Instagram and Dropbox.

There are many different sizes and bindings to choose from, and prices start at $15 for a softcover book to $139 for a premium layflat photo album. The cost of additional pages ranges from $1 to $6 a page depending on the type and size of book you’re making. On certain styles, you can also choose between matte and lustre paper and add a book jacket.

However, there are fewer layouts to choose from than other websites on this list, and all photos are printed on a white background. But you can customize your book by selecting different photo layouts and inserting text for captions and quotes.

Depending on the book you select, production time can take anywhere from two to eight days, plus a three to 18 day shipping period based on the shipping method you choose. While the end result is extremely high quality, you may want to choose another service if you need the photo book ASAP for a gift.  

To buy: artifactuprising.com, from $15

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Easiest to Use: Adoramapix

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If you’re looking for a photo book making service that does all the hard work for you, try Adoramapix. Like most websites, you can build your own photo book from scratch or use one of its pre-designed templates. But if that still seems too difficult, they also offer an Auto-Builder feature, which will automatically organize your photos into an elegant book in seconds.

You can produce both soft and hardcover photo books or choose a premium option that includes leather-bound books and metal-covered books. They also offer square, portrait, and landscape book shapes. Prices range from $13 for a softcover book to $225 for a metal-covered book.

Once you’ve dropped in your images, you can fully edit them and make adjustments on sizing and placement on the pages. You can also personalize your book with borders, backgrounds, stickers, and text. The processing time ranges from four to six days depending on which book template you select, and shipping can take one to 14 days depending on which shipping option you choose.

To buy: adoramapix.com, from $13

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Best for Themed Templates: Mixbook

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With over 370 pre-set options available, Mixbook has the largest variety of templates to choose from — including 39 travel templates. There are four book types available: softcover, glossy hardcover, matte hardcover, and leather bound, and you can also choose between four types of paper: semi-gloss, pearl finish, premium matte flat lay, and premium lustre flat lay.

Prices for a 20-page book range from $16 for a softcover 8 x 6-inch book to $85 for a leather-bound 20 x 20-inch book. Additional pages can be purchased for $1 to $3 depending on the type of book you purchase. Besides having numerous pre-set templates to choose from, Mixbook also has a ton of searchable backgrounds and clip art that you can use to personalize your book.

Mixbook allows you to customize your photos with different shape cutouts and borders. You can also add text and stickers to your book’s pages. The website offers tutorial videos that teach you how to use the site and design your photo book. It takes about three to five business days to process and print each one before it ships out.  

To buy: mixbook.com, from $16

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Best for Creative Layouts: Shutterfly

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Shutterfly has been one of the leading photo printing services for years and for good reason. The company allows you to print your treasured memories on everything from mugs, calendars, and tote bags to, of course, photo books. The company has multiple templates to choose from so it’s easy to find an option that suits your theme or style.

You can then customize your book with one of the many layout options, or you can customize a unique layout for yourself. Its extensive layout options allow you to fit anywhere from one to 12 photos on a page, move and resize images, and add text, backgrounds, and embellishments.

Prices for a 20-page book range from $15 for an 8 x 8-inch softcover photo book to $203 for an 11 x 14-inch silk hardcover layflat book. Additional pages can cost you $1 to $2 a piece. You can have your book produced and shipped within one to two business days if you pay extra for the Super Rush option, or have it delivered within 10 business days if you select the economy shipping and handling.

To buy: shutterfly.com, from $15

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Best for Binding Options: Snapfish

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Between different sizes and binding options, Snapfish has 26 different photo book options to choose from. The variety of options includes cute softcover books, elegant leather-bound books, layflat hardcovers, linen-bound books, and more. The website is super easy to navigate, and the company even has a handy Snapfish App that allows you to design your photo book right from your phone.

Prices for a 20-page book range from $20 for a softcover book to $110 for a premium flat-lay hardcover option. There’s plenty of pre-set templates to choose from, or you can build your own custom layout. You can also add different backgrounds and embellishments to each page to give your photo book a memorable and personal touch.

Snapfish also has a number of video tutorials and how-to articles on the site, in case you get confused or can’t figure out how to do something. Production time takes up to three days and shipping can take four to eight days.

To buy: snapfish.com, from $20

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Best for Fast Printing: Walmart Photo

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If you’re looking to make a basic photo book quickly, try Walmart’s photo center. You can build a photo book online and have it shipped to your door within a few days, or opt for same-day or one-hour printing and pick up a book the same day at your local Walmart store.

Be aware that the in-store options are more limited than others, though. The same-day book will only hold 20 double-sided pages, and the one-hour photo book will only feature 15 single-sided pages of photos. If you would like any more images or want to customize the layout of your photo book, you’ll have to order online and wait a few days for processing and handling like the rest of the services on this list.

If you choose same-day or one-hour photo books, pricing ranges from $4 for a 5 x 7-inch hardcover one-hour book to $19 for a same-day photo book with a linen cover.

To buy: walmart.com, from $4

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1 of 7 Best for Budget Photo Books: Amazon Prints
2 of 7 Best Quality Photo Books: Artifact Uprising
3 of 7 Easiest to Use: Adoramapix
4 of 7 Best for Themed Templates: Mixbook
5 of 7 Best for Creative Layouts: Shutterfly
6 of 7 Best for Binding Options: Snapfish
7 of 7 Best for Fast Printing: Walmart Photo

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