Photo books
All of our photo books are perfect as year books, travel books or wedding books. They're also (if we may be so bold as to say so) lovely together. Gather all the pictures of your kids in photo books and watch as your photo book collection begins to grow, as the years go by and the kids grow taller. The best bit of all: We've made sure that the photo book designs itself. Just choose your photos, maybe you want to add a few rows of text or fill whole pages with your stories – whatever floats your boat. Since we've taken care of the design you can focus on the fun part. Creating your photo book and taking care of your stories and memories in the best possible way. Now's the time to give it a try – we promise you won't be disappointed!
Hardcover photo book
Our hardcover photo books come in two sizes, 27x27 cm and 20x20 cm. The hard cover has a beautiful matte finish with a timeless and lasting design. Your photo book’s title is printed on the spine, making your book the perfect complement to your living room bookshelf. You can also let your big and small moments become the perfect coffee table book sparking the telling of your adventures.
Hardcover Medium is slightly smaller than Hardcover Large, our biggest book.
Hardcover Large
27x27 cm pricing from £26*
Our biggest and most popular photo book
Our photo book Hardcover Large is all of 27x27 cm and therefore our largest and actually, most sold book. You decide how you want to combine photos and texts in the book — the simple and elegant design makes sure that your memories always look their best! Perfect as year books, travel diaries, wedding books, coffee table books or as the best gift ever!
Hardcover Medium
20x20 cm pricing from £21*
A smaller photo book packed with impact
Hardcover Medium is a smaller version of Hardcover Large — exactly the same (lovely) design, just in a smaller format. Hardcover Medium easily fits into any home and looks good everywhere, perfect in the book case as well as out on the table. Accompanied by more photo books, it quickly makes a great impression, a small collection of memories you can be proud of! It is also the perfect size for small hands to flip through.
*The prices estimated above apply to photo books containing up to 20 pages. Extra pages cost £0.62 per page for Hardcover Large and £0.42 per page for Hardcover Medium.
Softcover photo book
Our softcover photo book is 20x20 cm. It’s soft and smooth to flick through with a lush magazine feel. When it comes to design it’s just as clean and elegant as our hardcover photo books, but without the title on the spine. Its lovely matte finish gives it a premium texture, which makes it an amazing coffee table book as well as the perfect gift for friends and family.
Soft and smooth to flick through, our Softcover Medium, with a lush magazine feel.
Softcover Medium
20x20 cm pricing from £16**
A softer photo book with magazine feel
Softcover Medium is our soft, affordable photo book with a magazine feel and fabulous (if we may say so ourselves) cover. It's available in the smaller size 20x20 cm. When it comes to design there is only one thing that sets it apart from our hard cover photo books and that is that your title is not printed on the spine. If you want to fill your books to the brim with pictures and texts, then you are going to love the feel of Softcover Medium which becomes like a thick, lush, luxurious magazine. Perfect in your book case as well as on you coffee table!
**The price estimated above apply to photo books containing up to 20 pages. Extra pages cost £0.40 per page for Softcover Medium.
Once Upon is here – whenever, wherever
You can make your Once Upon book just the way you want – from your phone, your tablet or your computer. Start your book on your desktop picking out the best photos on a big screen, then you add some captions and maybe change the order of some photos when you're on the bus straight from your phone, and after that you preview and order your book on your tablet on the couch. Or the other way around. However you prefer it!
Good things to know about our photo books
Automagical layouts
You can add 1–6 photos per spread and the app automatically gives you layout options, which you can choose between by tapping the shuffle button. If you add image captions to your photos, the caption will seamlessly follow the photo when you shuffle.
Up to 200 pages
All our photo books can be between 20 and 200 pages. If you order your photo book with fewer than 20 pages, the book will be filled up to 20 with white pages.
Decide format last
Add your photos and texts first, then when you’ve finished the design – you just pick the book format and paper weight that fits your design the best! From 170 gsm (silk matte) to 200 gsm (glossy).
Printing near you
Your photo book will be printed as close to you as possible. As of now, we have print shops in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, UK and the US. The delivery fee per order (no matter how many books you order) is €5.
Create together with friends
You can collab with friends and family by inviting them to the photo book with a link or QR-code. That way you can easily collect photos from others and also help each other finish that wonderful piece of your joint memories!
How to make your photo book
We know it can be daunting to start your photo book, but we are here to make something that once felt difficult and overwhelming feel easy and fun. We have put countless hours into making it as simple as possible for you to make your book. Just add your favorite photos, tell your best stories and watch your memories instantly turn into a photo book, designed to last for generations.
Make your book from your phone, computer or both
Add photos directly from your phone, computer or Google Photos. Maybe you have some old photos on a hard drive somewhere that deserve to see the daylight? All your memories have a place in a Once Upon book.
Fill your book with memories
Easily add your photos, some image captions or maybe a little (or long) story one spread at a time. Shuffle your way to the perfect layout for your photos. Do you share these moments with your loved ones? Easily invite them and make it together!
Choose your book format – all done!
Flick through your book in preview on your phone, tablet or computer. When it all looks good (or we mean amazing), pick the book format and paper quality – then it’s time to order your masterpiece!
