The photo-sharing site is adding a new way to create photo books from image sets. November 19, 2013 4:01 PM PST (Credit: Flickr) Flickr is adding a one-click photo book feature its users, Yahoo's photo-sharing site announced Tuesday. Users only need to click on the book icon on any of their sets, according to Flickr, and the site will automatically generate a photo book. Flickr is promising that the bound books are laid out to optimally showcase a photographer's work. Click to enlarge. (Credit: Flickr) That includes simple layouts, placement of one photo per page and tools that will "analyze, crop, position, and rearrange your photos to look their best," the Flickr blog reads. Users can also go in manually and make tweaks, delete images, or reorder the pages. Starting next week, US users will actually be able to purchase the books, which Flickr said are printed on premium photo paper. Users outside of the continental US will have to wait longer. "Please stay tuned. We are working on bringing you Flickr Photo Books soon," according to the blog. The books will cost between 20 and 240 pages, and start at $34.95 for a 20-page book. It's $0.50 per page after that, according to Yahoo. Related stories Tiny Speck releases entire Glitch art archives into public domain Galaxy Round smartphone rocks -- on tables Flickr iOS 7 app can now auto upload your photos It's unclear what this new process means for Flickr's partnership with HP's Snapfish, which was the source for Flickr photo books. Previously, when users selected a photo set and then clicked on the photo book option, Flickr would connect them to Snapfish. Now, it's difficult to surface that option. A Yahoo spokeswoman said the "Snapfish partnership remains. This is entirely separate." Yahoo won't say what vendor is actually powering the printing behind these new photo books, or if it has future plans to add any other printed-products, like t-shirts or mugs.
The photo-sharing site is adding a new way to create photo books from image sets.
(Credit: Flickr)
Flickr is adding a one-click photo book feature its users, Yahoo's photo-sharing site announced Tuesday.
Users only need to click on the book icon on any of their sets, according to Flickr, and the site will automatically generate a photo book. Flickr is promising that the bound books are laid out to optimally showcase a photographer's work.
Click to enlarge.
(Credit: Flickr)
That includes simple layouts, placement of one photo per page and tools that will "analyze, crop, position, and rearrange your photos to look their best," the Flickr blog reads. Users can also go in manually and make tweaks, delete images, or reorder the pages.
Starting next week, US users will actually be able to purchase the books, which Flickr said are printed on premium photo paper. Users outside of the continental US will have to wait longer. "Please stay tuned. We are working on bringing you Flickr Photo Books soon," according to the blog.
The books will cost between 20 and 240 pages, and start at $34.95 for a 20-page book. It's $0.50 per page after that, according to Yahoo.
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It's unclear what this new process means for Flickr's partnership with HP's Snapfish, which was the source for Flickr photo books. Previously, when users selected a photo set and then clicked on the photo book option, Flickr would connect them to Snapfish. Now, it's difficult to surface that option. A Yahoo spokeswoman said the "Snapfish partnership remains. This is entirely separate."
Yahoo won't say what vendor is actually powering the printing behind these new photo books, or if it has future plans to add any other printed-products, like t-shirts or mugs.
