photobook binding

Have any of you ladies printed out your LOs and had them bound (hardcover) through a book binding company? I am not sure you can even do this but I thought I would ask. I got my first viovio book yesterday and I was a little disappointed with the grainyness of the pictures. When I print the same pictures out at COSTCO they are crystal clear and look amazing. But, I like websites like shutterfly and viovio because you get a cool hardcover book at the end. So I was thinking...if I could print out my LOs at COSTCO and have someone else bind it for me, that is like the best of both worlds.

Please let me know if any of you ladies have done this. If you have can you tell me the name of the business and how much you paid (if you don't mind me asking)?

Thanks so much. I love this forum, it is so helpful

When I finished my Ph.D. I took 10 sets of my dissertation to a book binding company here in Nashville to have it bound - that is how everyone in the department did it. I have no idea if they can/would do nonegular sizes and I don't remember how it much cost since the department paid for it. Check your local yellow pages for printing and book binding companies and give them a call. Can't hurt to try!