I just received two new photo books from AdoramaPix, and the quality as usual is amazing. I’ve ordered prints and books from them many times, they are consistent in their quality, and service. Their photo books are a great way to display your pictures without cluttering your walls, an alternative to scrap-booking, and make great portfolios.
AdoramaPix photo books come in a variety of sizes, with horizontal, vertical, and square formats. They lay flat, which is great for pictures you’d like to spread across 2 pages, have a hard cover, no flimsy paperbacks for me, and are printed on real photographic silver-halide paper with a lustre finish. The pages are thick, and the books have some weight to them. You definitely feel like you are holding something of quality. I favor the square books as you can see above, both the 6″x6″ and 8″x8″ sizes.
The bookmaking process can be intimidating at first, but the folks at AdoramaPix have done a great job in supplying tutorials to help you along. The books are completely customizable, the software they provide while not perfect, is relatively easy and full of options. They’ve also provided a fair and growing number of templates for you to use as the design of your book if you’d like, very plug and play.
Here are samples of the two books I recently created. The thumbnails are interactive, click on them to turn the page.
Pricing starts around $16 per book, and goes up from there based on size and the number of pages. They do offer quantity discounts, 10+ quantity is shown, large volume they ask you to contact them for a quote. Now you may think the books are on the pricey side, but that feeling will go away once you hold one in person. They are worth every penny. I’ve tried some of the softcover books other sites offer and although some are nice, I feel they all fall short in comparison. If you are still reluctant, follow AdoramaPix on Twitter or Facebook and wait for a promotion. They run specials all the time.
When you do create an account at AdoramaPix.com and it asks “How did you hear about us?” please select “Referred by a friend”. A new field will appear to provide a referral number. I hope you will use mine: 668410 so we both will receive 10 Free 4″x6″ prints.
I use my 4″x6″ to test the color of my prints before I order larger sizes. It’s also a great way to sample different papers. The metallic paper from AdoramaPix is super cool looking, try it with the next picture you take of something reflective.
Recently AdoramaPix has added a leather cover version of their photo books. I have not tried one, but would love to hear from you if you have or when you do.
