A Custom-Designed Book With Your Photos
A custom-designed book used to be a project: choosing a template, dragging photos around, wrestling with titles that do not fit. Today you can get a designed, printed, hardcover-bound book without opening design software at all. Here is how it works, and the difference between the two ways we offer.
Way one: an illustrated book written about you
You upload one clear photo of each person (up to four), answer seven short questions, and within about a minute you get a ten-page story. The people from the photos appear in the illustrations in one consistent, polished design, with nothing for you to line up. After you approve the text, we illustrate the cover and two pages for free, and only if you love it do you order the full book: 21 pages in a hardcover. You can see current prices on the create page. Start here.
Way two: a book with your real photos
If the photos themselves are what matter, there is a ten-page personal book in which every page is built from a real photo of yours and text written from what you told us. No illustrations. You make it on the site or in a chat conversation, page by page, with a photo and text for each page, and you see the whole book before you pay. Start here.
What makes a design truly personal
- The right people inside. Not a generic illustration of "Mom," but an illustration that looks like your mom, based on the photo.
- Your places. The kitchen, the garden, the beach on Saturday morning become the backdrop.
- A dedication on the opening page, in your own words.
- An ending you wrote: one sentence for the last page.
Which photos work best
One photo per person, face toward the camera, in good light, no sunglasses or hat, and nobody else in the frame. A good selfie is enough. You do not need a photographer.
And for kids?
For children there is a children's book in a personalized design: you upload a photo of the child, pick a story from dozens, and the child becomes the hero with their own face and name on every page. There too you see a free sample before you pay.
Either way, the result is a real printed book that sits on the shelf and does not disappear inside a phone.
Questions about a custom-designed book
Can I choose the design myself? The design is consistent and polished, so you do not have to drag anything around. What is personal is the content: the people, the places, the text, and the dedication.
How many photos do I need? For the illustrated book, one clear photo of each person, up to four. For the book with real photos, a photo for each of the ten pages.
What is the print quality? A hardcover, 21 pages in the illustrated book, on thick paper that holds up to flipping by kids and grandmas alike.
Can I see it before I pay? Yes, in both ways. In the illustrated book you see all the text and a sample of the cover and two pages. In the book with photos, you see the whole book.
How long until the book arrives? After you approve, the book is sent to print. In the US, delivery takes about 12 days.