Cheapest Photobook Printer? Searching out photo book deals?

Quality– yes. Beautiful options – yes. Several sizes and cover types – yes. Pricing – yes. Deals … Oh, yes!

Here’s the insider’s tip on where you can find our current promotions, when we generally change them and how we announce special promos.

Current Promos – We send out promo emails twice a month usually on the first and around the 15^th. Our current promo is also available in the header (until you X it out) once you’re logged in and always in the footer of your bookshelf. Finally, we always post them on Facebook and Twitter – feel free to share with your friends.

Special Promos – We have sporadic weekend specials which we promote via Facebook and Twitter only. If you haven’t t Liked us or started Following us, you should.  

Psst: our first weekend promo of 2012 will be the last weekend of January.

22 views

Choosing the best quality photobook maker? Read about Inkubook in these reviews.

Are you thinking about making a photo book but haven’t made up your mind which company to use? The best quality photo book? The cheapest photo book? Looking for the best photo book maker?  Then you’ll be glad you took the time to read and watch (yes, there are videos as well) these photo book reviews.

If you like to do extensive research before you do business with a company online then you’re going to love the article published in 2010 and updated in April 2011 by Jason Dunn at Digital Home Thoughts before you make your first photo book. This epic review The Great Photo Book Round-Up Review: Who Makes the Best Photo Books compares online experience, print, covers, paper, overall quality and value of several top photo book publishers including Inkubook. Check it out!

Interested in more reviews? Check out The Gadgeteer or the December 2011 updated review from PhotoBookGirl.com.

Want to watch a review? Check out this one from TheMommyPR or this very recent written and video combo review from Confessions of a Scrapaholic.

After you read these reviews and decide Inkubook is the way to go, use our special review promo code BESTPHOTOBOOK2012 to get 30% off your order*.

*Maximum $100 discount, one use per member, expires 3/31/2012.

48 views

Treat the Teacher: Inkubook Gift Certificates Make the Grade

Looking for a last-minute gift idea for that deserving educator in your life? Inkubook has you covered.

Everyone has photos that they’ve been meaning to use for something special, so whether for the Sunday school teacher or the high school math instructor, an Inkubook gift certificate will be one present they’ll be sure not to return.

• Inkubook gift certificates can be printed and wrapped or delivered instantly to the recipient via email. Plus, they never expire!

Go to our site now to treat teach to an Inkubook gift certificate.

10 views

Picture perfect: Take better photos and keep more memories

If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter, you’ll see we post a lot of links to articles about how to take better photos. The better the photo the less likely you are to hit delete, erasing it from your phone or camera and sometimes your memory. Better photos also make for better sharing via cards, calendars and books.

Below are a few tips pulled directly from articles we’ve linked to (and the links to them) I’ve found helpful in my quest to improve my photography.

Contrast

“Keep it simple! Just as too many cooks spoil the pot, too many visual elements are just as certain to ruin to the photo. Limit the number of elements and subjects in your compositions to what you can easily comprehend in a glance. It runs counter to logic, but the human eye lingers longer over the simpler shot while often “sliding off” more intricate shots. So stick to a maximum of three or four fields of color or texture at any one time.” (Pipedreamergrey, http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/12793.aspx)

Color

““Black and white is the best way to learn photography, and in my experience, it’s the photography we all go back to,” said Mr. Versace. “If I had my druthers, I’d never shoot another color photograph as long as I live.” That is because without color to “distract,” he said, a photographer has to learn composition and the skill of capturing a story.” (Roy Furchgott, http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/five-tips-to-get-great-black-and-white-photos/)

Lighting

“I love lighting and it impacts the scene. I also love how I can manipulate the lights to achieve the results I’m looking for.” (Brice Burton, http://weeklyphototips.blogspot.com/2011/10/check-out-these-images.html)

Pose vs. Candid

“Have fun! — Posed images are nice, but your friends and family want to see the real you. Take plenty of images, and even consider using some funny outtakes to show your family’s silly side.” (Kristy Korcz,  http://www.geeksugar.com/Photography-Tips-Holiday-Cards-20245326)

Reflection

“Do rainy days and Sundays get you down? Don’t let them: embrace the photo opportunities afforded by the puddles. The rain is as much a part of the story of your holiday as the food you ate and the sights you saw. Use reflections wherever possible for a different take on otherwise well-known scenes.” (Nik Rawlinson, http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/cameras-and-camcorders/50-essential-photography-tips-50006080/)

Captions

Captions aren’t technically part of the photo taking process, but they are important in recording history.  A short blurb containing some key information will be the trigger you need to remember the photo’s significance down the road. Nothing to quote here, simply something I’ve learned since becoming a mother. But as a mother, in 5 years are you going to remember this picture was her first taste of chocolate?

Create a photo blurb: First taste of chocolate

Hope you find something helpful in these tips and links. Happy snapping.

15 views

Blogs We Love!

Here at Inkubook, we love bloggers. They work seemingly around the clock to provide great content, a great sense of humor, great style, great pics, great tips and the list goes on. We follow all types of blogs from wedding to parenting and from crafts to photography and giveaways to savings. If you’re looking for fresh, creative and often humorous content checkout for yourself some of the blogs we love.

• BravoBride : Wedding tips, inspiration and DIY wedding ideas.
• Northern Cheapskate : Frugal. By Nature.
• Mommies with Cents : Daily giveaways, hot deals, coupons & more!
• Annie’s Art Book : An adventure in the world of art (painting, pyrography/ woodburning, scrapbooking), craft projects, many tutorials and step-by-step instructions, gourmet cooking and cake decorating from the art book of a NY mom. Visit and be inspired!
• The Gadgeteer : Gadget reviews and news
• Jolly Mom : Recipes | Crafts | Atlanta Mom Blogger | Brand Ambassador | Product Reviews
• Kathy’s Scraps : Digital Scrapbooking
• Blissfully domestic : for women who want to be true to themselves while choosing to create bliss in their homes and families.
• Katydid & Kid : adventures in making and doing.
• Becca Blogs : Life, marriage, foster/adoption, cooking, crafts.

If you’re a blogger and you want to be a part of our Blogs We Love page, click the blue button and provide your information, we’d love to see what you have to say.

Blogs We Love

18 views

Call for Gorgeous Inkubooks! Inspire Others, Share Your Beautiful Book.

We just revamped our Photo Projects Idea Photo Project Ideas page to be a gallery of samples of books real users have created. We like the look, but need more content. We’re looking for all kinds of books like – pet, holiday, travel, scrapbook, and business and portfolio books.  Do you have a beautiful, creative book you’d like to share with our users? If so, contact us at admin@inkubook.com with the email address you use when making your Inkubooks as well as the name of your book. We’ll contact you back with a release form and get your book on our site with the next site update.

Inkubook Gallery

19 views

Halloween Celebration Checklist: From Costumes to Candy to Cards

Halloween is a little over a month away. How will you make it spooktacular this year? Below is a quick celebration checklist to ensure you’re ready.

Costumes or Orange & Black apparel
- Check out your local big box stores, but other great places for costumes include Costco, Cracker Barrel, Gymboree and party supply stores.
Candy or other treats
- Start clipping coupons now as candy gets expensive fast. Other great treats include pencils, erasers, travel tooth brushes and toothpaste, fruit snacks, Little Debbie Pumpkin Delights and microwave popcorn.

Decorations and lights
- Get the box out from the attic and basement and decorate. Maybe pick up a new decoration this year (I buy one a year so it doesn’t get expensive).
- Consider candy corn lights (like Christmas lights) for your now leafless trees.
- Luminaries are cheap, look great and help little costume crews find their way to your porch.

Pumpkins, hay bales and foddershock
- Pumpkins for porch décor and for carving (just don’t carve too soon).
- Pumpkin carving kits.
- Hay and Fodder make great outdoor décor – and “hey” your scarecrow needs something to sit on or lean against.

Halloween Photo Cards or Photo Invites
- Dress the kids up early and take a few pics to send photo cards to grandma and grandpa and other distant relatives. Who doesn’t like getting cards?
- Planning a Halloween party? Make it more festive with a photo card invite.

Halloween Greeting

What do you do for Halloween preparation that isn’t included in this list?

Be sure to have a camera in hand for all of your Halloween planning, decorating, pumpkin picking, parties and trick-or-treating. And, please remember the Halloween convention: a lit porch light means you’re accepting trick-or-treaters and a light that’s off means you’re not.

Have a Bootiful Halloween!

35 views

BIG INTERVIEW? MAKE A PORTFOLIO PHOTO BOOK THAT DOES ALL THE TALKING.

Standing out in job interviews these days takes a lot more than fancy resume paper. Now it’s all about showcasing your achievements. With Inkubook’s Portfolio Photo Book, you can organize a career’s worth of highlights into an impressive collection of projects, samples and successes.

You don’t even have to worry about references. Share all the positive feedback from former employers and coworkers by inviting them to comment right in your portfolio photo book.

In an interview, presentation is everything, so organize your portfolio photo book in the way that best illustrates what you want to convey.

• If you’re trying to illustrate growth, layout your photo book chronologically.

• If you’re doing a straight showcase of your work, then present projects like a story with a beginning, middle and end.

• Know your portfolio like the back of your hand. Have a few go-to pieces of standout work that you can flip to if your interview gets cut short. That way you can quickly say, “This is the quality of work I can bring to your company.”

Don’t get stuck at your next interview trying to tell someone how good your work is. Let them see it for themselves with a portfolio photo book, and in no time at all you’ll be leaving a lasting impression.

64 views

Can a photo book help promote your business?

We live in a visual culture. To truly make an impact on customers and potential clients, you need to show people what you can do.

But you don’t have to be a professional photographer or artist to create a quality portfolio of your work. Inkubook can provide all the tools for you to design the perfect business photo book to showcase whatever it is that your company does best.

Start with the photos you’ve taken of your best products or most impressive projects, select the style of book you want, place your photos, add text descriptions and testimonials from satisfied customers, decide how many copies you want, checkout and voila – you’ll have a professionally printed and bound, full-color promotional book in about a week.

Keep copies of the book in your waiting room, show it off during meetings with clients, or hand out copies when you network – it will certainly stand out more than the average business card!

Businesses That Can Benefit From a Photo Book

When creating a portfolio or business book, you’ll likely want to order several copies at once. Order in batches to save more. For example, save 15% on orders of 10 – 199 copies of the same book; save 20% on orders of 200 – 599 copies of the same book; or save 25% on orders of greater than 599 copies of the same book. Just enter code INKUBUNCH during checkout.

See how Moss, a company that provides tension-fabric displays for exhibits and events, used Inkubook to create a portfolio that shows the range of their products. (Continue reading…)

35 views

Put the “We” In Your Wedding Album

Let’s face it, the tried-and-true, stand-in-a-row-and-smile style wedding photos are nice to have, but do they really capture the personalities of you and your better half?

With a wedding album from Inkubook, you make the call on what shots go into your own album. And you get to personalize it in ways that your average album just can’t accommodate.

Tips for Making Your Personalized Wedding Photo Book

• Never worry about yellowing, fading or loss: Clip your wedding announcement from the newspaper and scan it to include in the photo book. Do the same with other paper goods, such as your save-the-date, invitation and program. See if the best man and maid of honor are willing to give you their hand-written notes from their toasts, too!
• Experience your big day from another angle: Ask friends and family to include their email addresses in the guest book; then invite them to upload their snapshots so that you can include them in your book.
• Don’t miss any special moments: Ask a friend or family member to capture candid moments – the tiny groomsman and flower girl napping in the corner; you and grandma cutting a rug to “We Are Family;” the happy couple driving away in their decorated car.
• Give it the 3-D feel of a keepsake scrapbook by scanning small items such as the bride’s garter, the groom’s tie, a flower from the bouquet, lace from the dress, etc.

Other Ways to Use Inkubook for Your Wedding

Use our Great Big Square style in place of or to supplement the traditional album with a more personalized Inkubook.

Put together photos from your engagement shoot for a guest book that you’ll actually want to display after the wedding day.

No matter where you plan to go, your first trip as husband and wife is sure to be memorable. Capture the excitement in a honeymoon travel book.

MORE IDEAS

• Create unforgettable thank-you gifts for parents, grandparents or members of the wedding party.
• Think ahead to the first anniversary. Start uploading photos from your honeymoon and other more basic snapshots that will remind you of your first year together.
• No wedding coming up? No problem. Gather old wedding pics and mementos and create an anniversary album for parents or grandparents.
• As an alternative to a wedding slideshow, compile all your favorite and funniest photos of each other into a Mini Brag book that you can incorporate into your table centerpieces. Buy as few as 10 copies and you’re eligible for Inkubook’s volume discount of 15%.

35 views