Mixbook photo book review

[Libby Pritchett]

Disclaimer: you'll have to take my review with a grain of salt being as this is the first photo book I've ever had printed from anywhere.

A while back, I found a pretty good deal on Groupon for Mixbook. I knew I needed to get my wedding photos into an album, so I decided to try them out.

I received my book today (8 1/2 x 11 landscape, 20 pages, hard back, upgraded to leather bound). Again, not having anything to compare it to, it's hard to give a full critique, but I'll say that I'm pleased overall and found it to be very much worth the cost of the Groupon. Everything is printed true to color, and the overall quality is very nice.

There are a few MINOR things that I don't care for. One of them is my own fault because I misjudged the bleed area on one of the pages, so there is a teensy white border along one edge. I'm probably the only one who would notice it as it's only on that one page.

Also, for the leather bound upgrade (which I only did because I had money left on the Groupon, and I didn't have anything else I wanted to order), I don't like that it's a dust jacket for the cover (the hard bound has the image adhered to a hard backing... I think I'd prefer that). Again... very very minor detail.

Finally, the shipping was a little high (IMO) at $11 for ground shipping (though it was fast... I only ordered a week ago). I'm spoiled though and try to look for free shipping deals whenever possible. So, I hated to throw $11 away for shipping. Those are really the only negatives I can come up with though.

Anyway, I'd never heard a review on Mixbook, and I see them on Groupon often. So, I thought I'd mention it in case anyone is ever looking at trying them out

[scrapperjade]

I just got 2 books from them last week! I was super impressed with the quality of the photos (I had my maternity pics in one book, and some of our favorites from our trip to the Dominican in the 2nd). The colors were crisp and clear.

I loved the quality, but, like you said, the shipping was HORRENDOUS. I ended up paying almost $30 for shipping to Canada, which the Groupon wouldn't cover. So I bought a $15 Groupon, and paid an extra $30 for shipping, making my total out-of-pocket expense to be $45 for $50 credit.

While I am happy with the quality, I probably won't be ordering from them again if they don't offer better shipping rates.