Nowadays sharing our best photos with family members and friends via social media is not enough: more and more people want to see their photos in a photo book format without spending a fortune, and especially wasting too much time with the customization. Thankfully there are plenty of photo companies that have realized the potential in tapping into social media users, such as My Social Book from Hong Kong and Chatbooks from Utah, U.S. My Social Book is the epitome of simplicity that turns your Facebook and Instagram images into photo books within 90 seconds for ridiculously low prices. Chatbooks, on the other hand, is available for mobile devices, providing a regular photo book printing service with a monthly subscription fee that automatically orders photo books created from your social media account.
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13 (cover only)
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300 (cover only)
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25-475 pages
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30-366 pages
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Cover only
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My Social Book is one of the simplest photo book editors on the market: it uses your Facebook and Instagram posts and albums within a given period of time, and does not bother with elements such as layout, background, embellishment and size customization. But due to these minimal personalization options the builder can create photo books in under 90 seconds or less. However, that doesn’t mean you cannot change anything on the book: all My Social Book photo books allow you to pick 13 layouts for the cover, change its color scheme and even add your very own text.
Moreover, you can add up to 475 pages to each book, all of which can be upgraded with deluxe silk paper while the cover can be improved with a glossy or matte hard finish. But the company’s biggest strength is its pricing policy: a 25-page book with the default soft cover is only $12, the same a My Best-of Social Book has – albeit in the latter case the price is always fixed. And to top it all off, not only are extra pages ridiculously cheap – which get cheaper the more are added – but domestic shipping has a low $3.99 price, with all books entitled to a 30-day money back guarantee as well.
Even though Chatbooks’ online editor is also quite simple, it includes the rare contribution feature and provides an iOS or Android app too. With Chatbooks you can import your photos from several sources and – provided you comply with the one picture per page policy – can arrange them chronologically or in any way you want.
Pictures can be further cropped, turned into full-page spreads and even ‘upgraded’ with their respective date, location and caption. Your customization options are limited to the front cover: depending on the type of book you’ve chosen, you’ll be able to choose from either the 51 custom made covers, pick one of your own pictures and feature it on the cover or let Chatbooks surprise you with a mystery cover.
The company offers two services, both with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee: the monthly subscription with free shipping is $8 per month and it delivers a 6×6 size book with a fixed 60 pages that are automatically built every time the 60 photo limit is fulfilled. The regular service, on the other hand, has better variety: you can create custom books for as low as $12 per book (plus $3 shipping) in 6×6 or 8×8 sizes and print them with 30 to up to 366 pages.
No matter which photo book service you choose it is guaranteed (especially with the security of a refund policy) that you will receive a quality product that you’re happy with in a short space of time for unbeatable prices.
My Social Book is the simpler solution, with which you just have to determine a certain period of time to turn virtually everything imported from your Facebook or Instagram profile into a photo book. There is an option to choose from various types of books, and all books can be upgraded with finer paper and cover. However, Chatbooks offers more than just an online editor, but has an iOS or Android app as well. Aside from the convenient editor the company also provides two photo book sizes, a better variety in covers and photo source integration options, plus it even has a cheap monthly subscription service with free shipping.
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