PHOTO BOOKS

Tips & Tricks

Pinhole Press offers a variety of Photo Books that are fully customizable with their easy to use software and pre-made templates designed to let your photos shine!

This post covers both Softcover and the Hardcover books. Board Books are covered in a separate post here.

When deciding which book is best for you here are some things to consider:

Terms to know: Page = 1 side. Spread = 2 pages

• How many photos you would like to feature:

  • Softcover offers up to 50 pages and four sizes with multiple layouts for photos (you can fit up to about 100 images)

  • Hardcover offers up to 90 pages, four sizes, two paper options and 10 fabric colors (you could fit max. 180 images)

• Story

  • Pinhole Press has a few pre-templated books (i.e. Wedding Guestbook, All About, Cookbook, Healthy Habits) with suggested content and layouts that are simple to load with your photos to support the story.

  • You can also completely customize your own story (with or without words) by choosing a classic photo book or adjusting any of the pre-templated books to meet your vision.

• Occassion

  • For wedding albums, annual year books or other heirloom type albums, I suggest choosing the hard cover photo book because it is more durable and substantial. Unless you’re looking to do a simpler year book the Softcover All About book is a fabulous option.

  • For vacations/holidays/anniversaries or simpler story telling styled books, the soft cover photo books are your best option. I am so impressed by the thick rigid pages of the softcover photo book. Watch the videos below to learn more about the differences between the Soft and Hardcover photo book options.

• Aesthetic

  • The Hardcover books come with linen and photo combination covers. The softcover books are printed on durable photo paper with photos on the covers. If aesthetic matters, this might be a deciding factor for you to choose between the hard and soft cover books.

• Durability

  • Who will be using this book? If kids will be flipping through these often, I suggest going for a hardcover or board book as your choice. Although, the softcover photo books can shockingly withstand a decent amount of handling from kiddos given the durable photo paper that the pages are printed on!

• Time to create

  • Both photo books take the same amount of time to make.

• Budget

  • Hardcover = more expensive. Starting as low as $49.99. Soft cover books start as low as $14.99 depending on the size and length of book you create.

Watch these videos for more about the Hardcover and Softcover Photo Books

Review of Pinhole Press’s Softcover Photo Books!

Learn all about Pinhole Press’s Hardcover Photo Books in this video

Helpful links with more info about Photo Books:

Photo Book Spec Comparison Chart

How to Make a Photo Book in Pinhole Press