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Super_Ideal_Rock
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I saw this thread was active again so I wanted to pop in and say that I love Mixbook, too! I just finished our photo book from last year's trip to Europe, and the Mixbook interface was sooooo much easier to use than Shutterfly. And their layouts are amazing. I love the pictures that span two pages, and all of the options they have. I'm *really* hoping the quality is as great as the interface.
My plan is to make books using each of the major photo book companies and then compare them all. I made a Shutterfly book for our Ireland trip and it's fine quality. The hardcover isn't as nice as I hoped it would be, and since I didn't make a very long book the binding is a bit too thick, so that's disappointing. The Shutterfly site was fine to use, but the layouts don't hold a candle to the Mixbook layouts.
I like that you can share the photo books online so others can give you input before you publish them. In case anyone else is looking for comparisons, here are the two books I recently made.
Mixbook travel book from Summer 2011 to Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland:
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/travel/belgium-germany-and-switzerland-2011-7700314
Shutterfly travel book from Summer 2010 trip to Ireland:
http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=1c533df8b18569e1&sid=0AatGjJk0bs2biI
My plan is to make books using each of the major photo book companies and then compare them all. I made a Shutterfly book for our Ireland trip and it's fine quality. The hardcover isn't as nice as I hoped it would be, and since I didn't make a very long book the binding is a bit too thick, so that's disappointing. The Shutterfly site was fine to use, but the layouts don't hold a candle to the Mixbook layouts.
I like that you can share the photo books online so others can give you input before you publish them. In case anyone else is looking for comparisons, here are the two books I recently made.
Mixbook travel book from Summer 2011 to Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland:
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/travel/belgium-germany-and-switzerland-2011-7700314
Shutterfly travel book from Summer 2010 trip to Ireland:
http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=1c533df8b18569e1&sid=0AatGjJk0bs2biI