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Guides to making and printing a photo book

Short, practical answers about choosing photos and getting a book printed at any print shop, from the people who make Tadabook.

Good to know before you print

Photo book print specs: bleed, resolution and what a print shop needsThe numbers a print shop asks for when you bring your own photo book files: 3 mm bleed, 300 ppi photos, safe margins, page counts and the spine.
How to make a photo book from thousands of photosA way through a trip’s worth of photos that does not take a weekend: sort by day, settle the look-alikes, pick favourites, and let them shape the pages.
How many photos should a photo book have?A rule of thumb for photos per page and per book, with the arithmetic for 20, 40 and 80 pages.