Comments on: iPhoto Books: Great Gift or Behind the Times?

By: Cheryl Fleming

Cheryl Fleming — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:36:17 +0000

buy from http://www.mypublisher.com they do not make the mini books, however they used to. They run great deals all the time, and if you do not like ANYTHING ABOUT THE BOOK, you can return it and get another one, great tech support too. really cool.. good luck, this is an old post, however my post is current, i am a pro and use these books all the time

By: Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:20:32 +0000

Mac screen default settings are more contrast and saturated than need be. You need to calibrate your screen. When I did it I was amazed at the difference and had to go back and reedit numerous photos. Make sure your screen is displaying what you are actually ordering. I am satisfied with my iphoto book orders. My first choice if I need something (usually soft cover session book) in a hurry.

By: Lukas

Lukas — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:13:48 +0000

did any one now where apple print ther foto books?
In with Factory in Europe ?
Pleas i ned an Answer…
Thanks

By: Lukas

Lukas — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:13:23 +0000

did any one now where apple print ther foto books?
In with Factory in Europe ?

Pleas i ned an Answer…
Thanks

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:43:44 +0000

For anyone who needs to contact Apple’s photo services for anything in the future, below is a link for contact. Note that you need to have, or create an Apple ID to first log in, and then it will take you directly to a contact form:

http://www.apple.com/support/photoservices/contact_us/

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:33:29 +0000

To James:

I “HIGHLY” doubt the book took three weeks to get to you, unless you live in Antarctica!?

We have ordered dozens of books from Apple’s service and have ALWAYS been pleased, and have NEVER waited longer than 5 – 6 days FROM the time we’ve submitted our order online.

Furthermore, if you have ANY issues with your book you should have immediately contacted Apple with the contact information you receive when you order the book, or from the shipping info you receive. In most cases, if you don’t receive a partial refund – they’ll refund your ENTIRE order!

That’s just HOW GOOD Apple is!

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:22:05 +0000

Does any one know if and how you can get coupons to off set the cost of making an iphoto 100 pg. book that runs now about $150.?

By: James

James — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:41:10 +0000

I have just received my iphoto book and i am very disappointed, the images lack color and sharpness. I spent hours editing photos that needed a liitle touch up and it seems they have just resorted back to the default. The photos where taken at high res and look great on the apple monitor, but on paper the are terrible… considering it took 3 weeks to get here… im not a happy camper.
Will not recommend apple books to friends at all.

By: Shan

Shan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:54:29 +0000

So people write that they have used older iPhotos. What about the new ’09 version. I work as a photographer and quality is very important for me. Once I heard that one photographer was using a Australian company for he’s books with superb quality but I do not remember the company. Now I need to order 20 books(35 pages) for a client and I have no idea from who to order. So please let me now if you have any good ideas.

And they have to be shipped to finland…

Regards, J

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:10:04 +0000

I just printed an iphoto book with version 4, using high quality photos. I was very disappointed as the sharp colors, images were not crisp, seemed fuzzy. Based on #20 feedback, version 4 may have been the culprit. I’d be very interested to know if anyone has experienced a significant change in quality when they upgraded to newer iphoto versions. Should I trust iphoto or move on to another book maker (though no one seems to be raving about another easy / quality option)

By: an$ett

an$ett — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:54:58 +0000

I’ve found an improve since moving to later versions of Iphoto. Back when you commented, i imagine you were using Iphoto 4 (?) which limited picture quality when uploaded or built to send to apple to 300×300 pdfs. The newer versions (6 onward) have increased quality to 600×600 allowing sharper less “hairy” looking images. You may not find this a problem anymore

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:54:03 +0000

I just finished and received an album made from pictures taken of a wedding in St. Thomas. I’ve ordered 4 more. The colors were stunning and the quality was top notch. My girlfriend was thrilled! Two suggestions… do not print pictures that have a warning about the quality and use a camera that has at least 6 mega pixels. My only suggestion to apple is to increase the choices for album colors. Does anyone know about coupons for apple albums? There’s a box for a code# but I have been unable to locate any.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:16:29 +0000

Well, I’ve tried the service for various things over here in Europe.
Suffice to say that I have been please when I have actually recieved my orders. This year I placed three separate orders (one for books, two for different xmas-cards) and I have as of today only recieved ONE shipment. These were placed well over a month ago, and two of them have been lost in the mail according to Apple. 2 out of 3? Pretty poor.

We’ll see if Apple offers me compensation. Regardless, does anyone have recommendations for alternatives in Europe?

//Dan

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:18:35 +0000

I ordered a book for my parents for Christmas from Apple. The picture quality was great, but when I was looking through the book, the pages that were stapled together just fell into my lap. They were not bound to the cover. I was under the impression that they would be.

I am not sure what to do, because we are leaving in a few days to visit my parents and I would like to give them the book, but as it is I don’t feel like I can.
Does anyone have any experince with this. The pages are not attached to the cover.

By: Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:28:54 +0000

To follow-up on my previous comment, we got everything in finally, and the results:

1.) Xmas Cards – This year we chose to use Apple for our Xmas cards. While the experience to build and customize our cards was incredibly nice, once we got them in we were a bit disappointed. We used a really high resolution photo and everything, but the photo looked a big fuzzy.

2.) iPhoto Books – These turned out great! The pictures were super crisp, the quality was very, very nice. We’re going to definitely be doing more of these. My wife is even a scrapbooker and she said she may start doing these instead of trying to scrapbook everything.

Anyways, just wanted to report back! :)

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:36:25 +0000

I recommend mpix.com very highly. Mpix is part of a larger parent company that has been printing photos for professional photographers for many years called Millers. I have been using Millers for about 7 years now and have always been impressed with their quality. I also use mpix for my personal pictures and can’t say enough positive things about them. The cool thing is that mpix uses the same technicians and quality standards to print your photos as they do with their professional customers. The papers that they use are exceptional and the metallic paper is gorgeous. It shimmers. They also offer many speciality products and they ship fast. I would suggest you give them a try.