Inkubook Review by Andrea
Did you know Americans take more than 30 billions photos per year? That’s a lot of cheesing it up for the camera. However, once you take and download your digital photos onto your computer, what do you do with them? Sure, you can email them to family and friends or share them on your blog, but I have a better idea…
Try out Inkubook!
Inkubook offered MomDot an opportunity to try out their site and receive one free book of our choice. I was lucky enough to grab this review assignment and I could not be happier about the outcome.
First, I created an account at the Inkubook site. Then I started looking at all the choices. They offer books in four different sizes, some in softcover and some in hardcover. You can make a photo book of your beautiful photos printed on the pages or you can create a scrapbook with their themes or your own digital scrapbook pages. They offer nine different theme categories with lots of options to choose from, such as a “Little Ones” category with 9 different themes ranging from pregnancy, baby’s first year to school memories. There are wedding themes, travel themes and even holiday themes.
Of course I chose to make a scrapbook using my own digital pages. I went with the 11″x11″ size book in hardcover. I set to work uploading my images. The site was very easy to navigate and very user friendly. I only had two complaints while working on the site to create my book.
- First, the upload time for my images seemed slow. I understand that most of my scrapbook pages are around 5mb per file, so I was trying to be patient. However, it still seemed like I was waiting around for quite some time.
- Second, once I had uploaded an image, I could not find a way to delete it. This was a bit troublesome since I tend to change things as I go along and it would have been easier if I was able to delete the ones I no longer wanted to use in my book. Those are small issues that I am sure Inkubook will work out as their site grows over time.
The rest of my experience was awesome! I quickly created my book, clicking and dragging the images to the pages I wanted them to be on. I was able to preview my finished product and move things around easily if changes needed to be made.
After creating and ordering my scrapbook, I anxiously awaited its arrival. I kept wondering when it would be complete and arrive at my doorstep. It didn’t take long at all, maybe a week at most. When it arrived, I tore open the package and was amazed at what I saw. The hardcover book is well worth the extra expense, the cover is amazing. The binding is sewn together and the image is somehow printed right onto the cover. The pages are so professional, luxurious even. I am not sure what material they use for the pages but it is incredible. I was beyond impressed with the quality. The image quality is also fantastic. My scrapbook pages really came to life! It was everything I was hoping for and more.
I definitely recommend using Inkubook.
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These would make great gifts that would be cherished for years. I know I will be returning to their site for future scrapbook printing needs.
Inkubook has recently added Personalized calendars to their site.
They are big, a whopping 19″ x 13.5″, so you can use them to organize the whole family’s schedule. You can add your own designed images, just like a scrapbook, or just add photos customized as you wish or using the auto fill feature. I definitely have to get one of these for 2009!
CONTEST
Want to try Inkubook yourself? Inkubook has generously agreed to give away these big beautiful calendars to three of our readers. They will provide a code for a free calendar and you log onto their site and personalize it with your own photos.
All we want you to do is tell us which Inkubook product interests you the most! If we pull your number, you will win one of three amazing calendars. Perfect to combine all your years photos together to relive them all year long next year….we dont want them sitting on your computer doing NOTHING now, do we?
If you want a 2nd entry, tell us what you usually do with your digital photos during the year.
Contest ends on Dec 13th
I usually post my photos on facebook and the forums I belong to as well as send them to family and friends.
I really like the Little one Books because they would be perfect for my son.
Oh, and what I do with my prints. Nothing. They sit on my computer- I need to start using them.
I wish I was ready for the kids art gallery book. After 3 years of preschool we are already overloaded. However, my 18 month old still does not have a 1st year scrap book! Thanks for a chance to win.
I really need to do better with my digital pictures. They either stay on the computer and a copy on a cd. Occasionaly one will get lucky and I blog it. It is so sad. I take thousands a year. I still have pictures (35mm) of my honeymoon (almost 8 years ago) still on the roll. Sad huh?
Can I take one of each? I really like the scrapbooks and the little one books. The idea of the alphabet book is so cute.
Most of my digital photos just get stored on the computer. Some of them get printed for various reasons, but usually they’re just stored.
I love the Kids Art Gallery Books! My kids are always bringing me artwork to put on the refrigerator, but there is only room for so many and they’ve migrated to the back of our livingroom door. The Art Gallery Books would be so much easier and WAY nicer looking too!
I ususally print and scrapbook them…but recently I have gotten in to using shutterfly or snapfish. Making digial photo books is a snap and then I dont have all those photos lying about.
I love the calender… They make great gifts!
I print my photos out in batches from Walgreens. I love photos!
I like the family story book.
I would definitely do a Kid Art Gallery book — I have art coming out of my ears around here
what you usually do with your digital photos during the year? Upload them onto Snapfish and share them with friends and family. Every six months or so I order my favs and put them in a traditional photo album.
I’d have to pick the Kid Art Gallery book. I really need to organize all of Morgan’s art work in a usable form.
What do we do with digital photos?
Send them in email to family and friends
Upload to Facebook for friends to see
Blog with them!
Take them to Wal-mart to print off.
Scrapblog
I am liking the Baby’s First Year Books!
I take a ton of pictures throughout the year and most of them remain on my computer. When I’m inspired, I’ll print a bunch up and put them in various albums and scrapbooks.
What a great product! The Kids Art Gallery Book is my absolute favorite.
What do I usually do with my photos? They are very nicely organized (in folders, on the computer). I haven’t printed photos since March of 06. I just have so many that it gets overwhelming and costly. I do have a few I’ve printed at home that I have in frames around the house.