I have had really good experiences with mypublisher.com. They are expensive (to me) but there are usually some codes/sales available. $20 off one book or BOGO of the same book. Be warned that any sales usually apply to the same book. i.e. you can't buy one book and get a different book free, you'd get a duplicate copy of one book. I organize my photos in the file explorer first, usually chronologically. Then when you drag them into the book it will be much easier. With mypublisher it pretty much looks like a filmstrip of your pictures across the top of the page. Then you choose the number of pictures on the page and the layout, then drag and drop your pictures in. You can do some zooming, cropping, recentering, and I think converting from color to b/w. There is not tons of editing available for individual pictures. I'd do that before you started the book. I managed to do a 7-day trip in about 4 hours total, and I take TONS of pictures. Another book that I did of our eight camping trips last year took hours upon hours because I just had WAAAAAAY too many pictures to choose from. It helps to narrow your pictures down first too. Everyone I've shown my books to has loved them. I gave them as gifts to my MIL and DM who we took on our last trip. It is so much quicker than scrapbooking - I love scrapbooking, but I'm still working on a 2004 cruise book! The photo books just come together so much quicker. Oh - the type of book I chose just had pictures and text - no graphics, backgrounds, etc. But that is the way I like it - the pictures shine! Good luck to you!
