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Adobe updates Lightroom CC Classic to improves book module, Blurb book styles

August 23, 2018August 24, 2018 GaryPageau Adobe, Blurb, Lightroom, Mac, photo books, Windows

Adobe Systems has updated Lightroom CC for both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC for Mac and Windows. The update includes Lightroom Classic CC improvements to the Book Module, “including supporting new Blurb book styles, including Layflat, Magazines, and Trade Books. Layflat books make unique layouts possible thanks to its seamless spreads. Magazines provide a high-end look with semi-gloss cover and velvet finish paper.... Read More

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A closer look at the Mixbook acquisition of WedPics

December 19, 2017December 21, 2017 GaryPageau Mixbook, photo books, Shark Tank, WedPics

Last week, Mixbook announced the acquisition of Raleigh, N.C.-based WedPics for an unspecified amount. WedPics had carved out a considerable niche in the wedding market, and Mixbook CEO Andrew Laffoon says the combination will be a good fit. A large segment of Mixbook users are brides, he says, and the addition of WedPics is a natural for that vertical. The... Read More

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Google adds printed photo books to Canada

November 8, 2017 GaryPageau Canada, Google Photos, photo books

According to the consumer tech website MobileSyrup, Google has brought its printed photo book service to Canada. This follows Google’s well-publicized entree into the photo book market in the United States, following the recent upgrades to its popular Google Photos service. “There’s something very valuable — there’s something very communal to having a printed book that you can sit around... Read More

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Fastbind debuts casing-in sheet and EVA XT

October 28, 2017 GaryPageau Fastbind, photo books

Fastbind released two updates to its book-binding product line. The Casing-In sheet, compatible with an EVA or PUR perfect binder, allows the book content to be bound like a soft cover and then, off line, cased into a hard cover. The company also debuted the Fastbind EVA XT, allowing printers to bind both soft and hard cover books up to SRA3 portrait... Read More

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Blurb launches layflat photo books

October 9, 2017October 8, 2017 GaryPageau Blurb, lay flat, photo books

San Francisco, Oct. 9, 2017 – Blurb, Inc., the leading creative book and magazine self-publishing platform, announced the launch of layflat photo books, now available at Blurb.com. With double-thick, layflat paper, customers can seamlessly showcase their creativity across a two-page spread without losing any part of their image to the gutter. Using Blurb’s suite of free, creative tools, including Blurb’s... Read More

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Google wants in on the photo book business. But why?

May 21, 2017 GaryPageau Chatbooks, Google, Google Photos, GrooveBook, Mixbook, Mosaic, photo books, ReSnap, Tapsbook

Google wants in on the photo book business. This was revealed last week at the Google I/O conference where the Google Photos team unleashed three announcements – Suggested Sharing, Shared Libraries, Photo Books – along with the statement there are 500 million regular users, uploading 1.2 billion photos and videos a day. Second to Facebook, Google Photos is probably the... Read More

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Photo Finale Launches Prestige Books

July 11, 2016January 12, 2017 GaryPageau photo books, Photo Finale

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Premium quality books now available exclusively through Photo Finale dealers July 11, 2016. McLean, VA – Photo Finale Inc. unveiled an addition to the photo book product catalog: Prestige Photo Books. These premium-quality books are distinguished by MDF-backed photo covers for extra stability and warp resistance. Prestige Books all feature the unique, vibrant MDF-backed photo cover and... Read More