Free Color Book & Calendar Designing Online: Gifts for Christmas & Special Events

Tis the season of holiday cheer and bargain shopping for loved ones, of course. That’s the reason Inkubook.com allows everyone an absolutely ingenious way to design quality color books and capture Christmas memories with your very own pictures, from the comfort of your own home computer.

Seriously, registration is free — they never ask for billing info unless you’re buying books that is — and uploading your pictures takes only a few minutes. From there, you can crop and intuitively insert images into your book to your desired specs.

With a range of sizes and page counts, you can now immortalize those precious memories in less than an hour, assured you’ll receive a quality product that you can give to friends, family and coworkers.

What exactly is Inkubook?
Inkubook, an Author Solutions brand, is an easy-to-use online photo book creation service that enables people to make drop-dead gorgeous photo books in minutes. With Inkubook, it’s simple to upload photos and then drag-and-drop them onto creative layouts to make a fantastic book. Inkubook creators can even invite friends to contribute text and photos, which makes collaborative book-making fast and fun.

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How can Inkubook help?
f you’re anything like this blogger, then you keep your digital camera nearby, especially during the holidays. Just think, you can create a funny album of the annual company holiday party; you can layout your own keepsake of pictures taken on Christmas morning, opening presents with family; or you can easily make a calendar featuring hilarious and endearing moments with friends — the possibilities are endless!

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What’s the Inkubook process?

Create a Free Account
Experimenting with Inkubook is free. When you join, they collect only a little basic information from you, so they know which books are yours. Then play with the online software all you want. It’s all absolutely free until you decide to buy your book, and even then they might have a great discount for you.

Create Your Custom Photo Book
You’re probably busy this season — who isn’t? So their team has streamlined the process for us, with a simple way to upload your photos (it’s a lot like attaching a file to an e-mail) and a drag-and-drop method for putting your photos on the pages. When you’re ready to add some text, just click on the page and start typing.

Invite Friends & Family to Contribute to Your Book
If you’ve ever said the words, “Oh, will you send me that picture?” the Invite Friends feature is going to seem like a gift. You can send invitations to friends and family to ask that they upload photos for you. It’s the perfect way to do a group project. You can even import addresses from Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail and others.

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Why Inkubook?

Professional Quality
Their photo books are printed on 100 lb. archival-quality silk paper, which means your books will stand up to years of being flipped through.

Affordably Priced
Hardcover Photo Books: $24.95
A great value as a gift, a promotional piece, or a personal keepsake.

Softcover Photo Books: $13.95
For a reasonable cost, you can print multiple copies to share with others.

Volume Printing and Pricing (albums, scrapbooks, calendars, etc.)
Need to print a whole bunch of books? Maybe 10 for the whole family? Or perhaps 500 calendars for selling around town? Don’t worry, they can accommodate large orders.

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Book Formats and Pricing
Inkubooks are currently available in three popular, classic sizes, and more will be added in the future. Current styles are:

• The Simple Square: 8.5″ x 8.5″
• The Ultimate Portrait: 8.5″ x 11″
• The Classic Landscape: 11″ x 8.5″
• The Great Big Square: 11″ x 11″

Click on the images of the books that are shown above to read more about each style. Very soon, they’ll be adding the Mini Brag, too.

If you’d like to find out more about using Inkubook, how the software works, and how to easily collaborate with friends and family, visit their Learn More page, the Creating Photos Books page, and the Photo Book Fun with Your Friends page.