If you’re not keen on creating an account and getting inundated with emails from a business, Mailpixmay be the way to go. With this photo book service, you can create a picture book as a guest with no account required.
Mailpix offers premium ultra layflat, layflat, hardbound book, and softcover picture book designs in sizes ranging from 8-by-8 to 11-by-14 inches. The website suggests creating the book on a computer and using JPEG files. There are designs for almost every occasion, including birthdays, Mother’s and Father’s Day, Christmas, Halloween, Hanukkah, and even pet-themed books.
Mailpix guides you through the process step by step, so you won’t feel lost or overwhelmed. In addition to selecting the number of pages and images per page, Mailpix provides guidance on image sizing for the best quality result. There’s also an autofill option to save time. As you’re creating your book, Mailpix puts a red line around the page to indicate that an area may be cropped out during printing.
There was a good variety of page designs, and the website alerts you if an image’s resolution is too low, so you can make adjustments. Additionally, Mailpix updates your cost total as you go along, so you’re not surprised by the final price at checkout.
How much it costs: When you’re happy with your book, name it, select the number of copies you’d like, choose a cover design, add an image, and check out. The costs for the book designs and quantity of pages vary. On Mailpix, every additional page costs $1.20.
An 8.5-by-11-inch hardbound book with 20 pages came to $28 before tax and shipping–ground shipping is $19, express shipping runs $20. It’s also worth noting that at the time this was written, Mailpix was offering a promotion code for 65% off.