Photobook

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Photobooks originate from Japan. They are magazine-type books containing glossy photos of currently popular Japanese idols. Photobooks are usually produced by female celebrities, though some are male subject but these are usually less glamorous and feature a variety of types such as gravure (Gravure idol), concert photos or fashion. Some photobooks can be very innocent and playful, yet others can be completely adult in nature. They can contain as few as 15 or as many as 120 photos.

Unique and stylish names are given to them to distinguish the different editions. They are very popular with fans, as it a good source of high quality photos of a popular celebrity. Many times, an idol who is also a musician will release a small photobook with an album or single release.

Photobooks can be purchased online at Asian online stores, but soon after a photobook is released it can already be found for download on the internet. You also may purchase them in Japan.

It is not unusual of Hello! Project and Morning Musume members to produce many books, as they work with attractive young women that easily shoot to idol status.

[edit] Photobooks as successor to photo albums

Storing digital images in traditional photo albums means printed copies and the pages of an album. With photobooks, a real book with its own images and texts can be created. The resulting book is printed on digital color printers and bound.

Professional printing and binding services offer free software for easy creation of photobooks with professional layouts and individual layout capabilities. Because of the integrated design and order workflow, hardcover bound books with customized pictures and text can be produced very cost-effectively. (One of the first German photobook producers is Fotobuch.)

Online photobook software:

  • Tes Photos Software available in seven languages, three sizes (small: 16,5cm x 23cm, medium: 24,5cm x 32cm, large: 39cm x 33 cm), from 30 to 120 pages. Printing on glossy 250g paper.
  • Hofmann, software in three languages, one size (20cm x 29cm), from 50 to 70 pages.
  • My Photo FunSoftware available in five languages, three sizes (small: 16cm x 12cm, medium: 24cm x 16cm, landscape: 33cm x 24 cm), from 30 to 120 pages.
  • MyPublisheris a photobook service that offers superior quality photobooks used by some world class photographers to showcase their work. Many different layouts, colors, covers, and fonts are available.
  • Shutterfly is an alternative choice for making a photobook.
  • DigityPix is 'the' service that designs the book for you to build a library of your life from digital pictures: Custom photobooks, greeting cards, DVD movies, and digital photo gifts.
  • Custom Photo Books handmade traditional skills alternative.
  • MyReflections A quick and easy software, based in Australia. Photobooks available in multiple sizes and colours, with both hardcover and wire-bound layflat styles.
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