Yahoo! Introduces New Flickr Photo Books Service, Keeps Flickr Renaissance Going
Just in time for the Holidays, Yahoo! is introducing a new service for printing custom photo books through Flickr, touting automatic features and a “clean, stunning design” that the company hopes will encourage Flickr users to take advantage of the new feature instead of going elsewhere for their photo book needs.
The standard hardcover book is $35 for 20 pages of 11″x8.5″ proPhoto paper, with images printed one-per-page in all their full-bleed, lustre-finish glory. Extra pages are 50 cents each, up a maximum of 240 pages.
Here’s a quick intro to the service:
Update on 12/16/21: This video has been removed by its creator.
There are a lot of photo book making services out there, and so to stand out, Flickr is emphasizing just how easy it is to create a photo book on Flickr. Automatic tools that “analyze, crop, position, and rearrange your photos to look their best” do all the work for you, all you have to do is pick a set.
And for those who want a little more control, options such as reordering and resizing are, of course, available. The entire photo book can be custom designed by you in a storyboard view that arranging photos quick and easy.
Yahoo has made numerous moves in the past year to help Flickr compete in the Instagram/Facebook era, from a site-wide redesign to new tools that improve search and organization and metadata use.
User pleas to “make Flickr awesome again” became one of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s pet projects when she took the helm of the company last year. Adding the ability to create photo books is yet another step in that direction.
To find out more about Flickr Photo Books or give making your own a shot, head over to the Flickr Blog or Flickr Photo Books page by following the corresponding links.
