Best Instagram Photo Books

How to make an Instagram photo book

The only surefire way of getting your Instagram photos imported into a photo book is by directly connecting the app to the photo book editor. Thankfully most builders support integration with Instagram, albeit the process is not as fluent as is typically the case of Facebook photos.

The biggest inconvenience regarding Instagram posts is that each one of them is imported one by one into the photo book editor’s photo storage. This means that unless the builder is so advanced that it can separate pictures in a post containing a whole photo series, chances are that only the very first photo of the series will appear, while the rest won’t be properly imported. The same rule applies to photos in Instagram groups with the addition of a major difference: unless the pictures are made public and are shared with all members of the group, the photos won’t appear in your photo book. Also forget about comments, likes and captions: unless the builder imports this data as well, you’ll have to manually add them to your book.

As for simply downloading your Instagram photos to an external storage, it is achievable but is so impracticable it’s not worth of your time. If you are determined, however, here’s how to do so anyway: locate the Instagram folder on your mobile device, select the photos you want to include in the photo book, then copy them to either a source where you can upload the pictures from or upload them to the cloud.

You might be wondering: ‘If uploading Instagram photos to a photo book editor is anything but hassle-free, then what’s the point?’ The answer is pretty simple: while many builders lack advanced photo adjustment features, including special filters, giving them the Instagram treatment is one of the easiest and most fun ways of tweaking your photos.

Including comments and captions

Unless your photo book editor is capable of importing captions, comments or hashtags to begin with, unfortunately you will need to add everything manually. However, this disadvantage can be turned into a huge advantage if you know how to toy with the customization options of the chosen photo book builder.

For starters it is possible to recreate the look of an Instagram profile by simply choosing a white background, placing the photo in the middle and then simply adding the necessary text right under the picture. But if you prefer something with a better visual appeal, you can choose from plenty of embellishments, many of which are colorful words that can substitute corresponding parts of the text you want to include. Not to mention themes may also contain preset text-based embellishments (like quotes) that can be easily replaced with your version, turning comments or captions into an integral part of the photo book. And last but not least, editors provide empty text boxes that can be placed anywhere with your own text, font, color and size.