[nesser1981]

My replies are below.

Originally Posted by KimGeling

Hi everyone,

I've been looking at photo book options all afternoon and can't decide on a few things so I'm hoping some experienced scrappers can help me out.

1. Firstly, how many pages do you think is ideal for a hard cover book? I'm thinking the minimum 20 is far too small but how thick can you realistically go without being hard to handle or risk damage? So, I've printed in the neighborhood of 50 hardcover photobooks. I don't think I've ever done more than 160 pages. And honestly I don't know if I've actually even done that many in one book. I just know that prestophoto.com (the site I've been using since 2009) use to have a 160 page limit. I think it's higher now. I'm at the point in my scrapping career that I'm doing about two books a year, January - September and then an October - December.
   
2. Secondly, how do you get it to not cut off the edges of the pages? I've resized my pages to 95% based on a suggestion from someone here a while back but it looks like the page just expands to fill the space. I would prefer a white edge around the layout than to have things missing. I add a .25 inch of white border to my layouts when I resize them. That way if I do happen have something cut off, it might be the white space. I've had some that the white space shows up, and I'm ok with that.
   
3. Lastly, how much do you think about the order of your pages in your book? Do you put them chronologically? Do you make sure each pair of facing pages 'matches' or at least 'compliments'?

I like my pages to match. I always use the same kit for "facing layouts" even if the are different events". I print chronologically, but I don't always scrap that way.

Here is a blog post I did about the way I print/organize that should answer some of you questions.
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/i...be-sunday-712/

And here is another blog post from a former babe about her photobook printing.
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/i...be-sunday-823/


I'm really confused! I have a couple of pages uploaded to two different sites but I can't make up my mind which way to go. Thanks for your help.

Hope that helps.