With hundreds of photo book printing companies online these days, it can be difficult to decide which one to trust with your precious memories.
Here's a few tips from us to help you work it out.

• PhotoBook design software - First of all, you need photobook software that canbe found online.
  If you are using a Mac, you need to make sure that thecompany has software available for your operating system.
  Some companieswill make you send them a cd of photos to them, and design it for you.
  This can be a time saver, but the choice should be yours.
  You need to beable to have control over the creative process, without having to spend afortune paying designers!
• Easyto use software - The software should be simple to use and able to guideyou through the process.
  Is there a manual or online help available toguide you through the process? This is important to know before you startinvesting your time in creating a photo book.
  
• Creativeand flexible editing options - Your photo book editing software shouldallow you to modify each photograph separately with different background,texture and colour.
  There are a lot of photo effects and backgrounds tochoose from.
  Simple tools such as cropping and image editing should beavailable.
  It should allow you to select various layouts for your pages.
  
• Printingquality - After you invest the time and effort in taking your photos anddesigning your photobook, you would not want to waste it on poor qualityprinting.
  Make sure that your photo books will be printed to the higheststandards.
    The texture of colour should be such thatit brings life in the picture.
  The quality of paper to be used is also animportant factor which decides how beautiful and clear the print out wouldbe.
  The cover of the book is normally either made of soft or hard binding.
  In both the cases the quality of colour and texture should be carefullymatched so that it creates a long lasting impression.
  
• Printingtechnology - It is better if your photobook printer uses the latest digital offset printing technologies.
  Yourprinting company should allow you to add extra pages to your photobook as desired.
  

Good photobooks, when printed by high quality printing companies, should last you a lifetime.
Make sure your precious memories get the best home available!