My Social Book Reviews

It’s true that many photo book builders allow users to create a book using their social media accounts. Still, most of them usually make you face several setup screens before the project is done.

This isn’t the case with My Social Book. Its simple yet efficient editor automatically creates photo books in a few seconds. All you have to do is connect your Facebook, Instagram, or Google Photos account, choose the photos, and let the software do its magic.

You can also choose each page’s layout, and My Social Book instantly fills the page according to the selected design. One small downside is that customizations like the type of the cover and paper quality are quite limited.

Although the editor is available for mobile browsers, it’s not so pleasant to use on devices with smaller screens or in a vertical position. Unfortunately, the desktop version is no better – its extremely primitive nature limits the level of customization you can give to your album.

In addition, My Social Book’s flagship product, the 50-page long, automatically generated “My Best-of Photo Book”, is built from your most popular Facebook pictures.

You can also build your photo book pictures from a page you liked to create the ultimate fan book.

No matter how you choose to fill your photo book, everything will be imported from the selected social media profiles. All information is arranged automatically and in chronological order without any option to modify it.

My Social Book lets you pick from seven different layouts for the book’s cover, but only the front side can have a picture on it. Plus, the templates only allow one picture on the cover.

Additionally, you can change the color scheme of your book if you don’t fancy the default white one. However, keep in mind that choosing any of the 16 colors will not only change the appearance of the cover, but also the interior layout as well – at least where certain parts are concerned.

Lastly, you can modify the text that will appear on the front and back cover, though the font, size, and color are all restricted.

It doesn’t matter which kind of photo book you are creating with My Social Book, the customization options aren’t limited to just one size and shape. The cover’s type can be altered, and even the standard 60lb paper can be upgraded to a deluxe, 80lb silk paper type.

Unfortunately, there aren’t too many options when it comes to picking the right cover: My Social Book products can be ordered with default glossy soft cover, a glossy hard cover, or a matte hard cover.

Another thing to keep in mind is the number of pages: your book should always contain at least 25 pages, but if it doesn’t, the software automatically warns you to include more pictures from either your Facebook or your Instagram account.

It’s possible to include as many as 475 pages in total, which comes with an unexpected benefit: the more pages your book has, the lower the price of each page becomes.

The prices of My Social Book products depend on the number of pages, the type of cover, and the paper. Still, the website provides a handy price estimator on its homepage.

Still, the base prices are well advertised: a 25-page book with the default soft cover is $12, while upgrading to a hard cover raises the cost approximately by 15–20% (in this case to $15).

The only product that has a fixed price no matter what is the 50-page My Best-of Photo Book: it’s $12 with a soft cover, $14 with glossy hard cover and $16 for the matte hard cover option.

However, while only the standard paper option is available for the My Best-of photo books, upgrading to the silk paper quality in other products raises the price by approximately the same amount as it costs to upgrade to the hard cover.

What’s more, the company offers a generous 30-day money-back guarantee on all its books.

My Social Book’s customer support could use some improvement, as the help page is reduced to just an FAQ. There are options to contact the company for support too, either through live chat or via an email address.

All of the above support options are available in nine languages other than English. The company is also surprisingly active on social media platforms: not only it is present on X, Instagram and Facebook – mostly advertising the company’s blog articles – but it has also established a Facebook group for customers who’d like to help My Social Book further improving the services.

We highlight the company’s quite consistent shipping policy, which allows customers to ship anywhere and not only to U.S. destinations.

Regular delivery without tracking to domestic addresses is $3.99 and usually takes 6-9 business days, while shipping with tracking starts from $10.99 (and reduces the more products you order) and delivers within 6-7 business days.

Other drawbacks of My Social Book are the book preview, which isn’t the best, the inconvenient mobile browser version, the inconsistent pricing policy, and the insufficient customer support.

Still, My Social Book is definitely a worthy contender for those who want absolutely nothing but a quality photo book created very simply from their best Facebook and Instagram photos within a short period of time and for relatively affordable prices and shipping.

All in all, despite its flaws and overly minimalist nature, My Social Book does successfully deliver what it promises: a Facebook or Instagram photo book in under 90 seconds.