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UPDATE: Good things don’t last.  Costco and Fujifilm no longer offers this product and have shifted to Shutterfly for their photo products.

Hey everyone, happy new year!  I attained a personal milestone about a year ago, which was I went back through my entire archive and re-edited and sorted all my photos from the last 13 years.  That’s a lot of images.  It took me over a year and a half to go through probably close to half a million just to end up with a few hundred thousand decent ones.  While it is cool to have it all neatly organized into one iPhoto library on a laptop that fits into a manila envelope, I decided to really do something with my favorite images, adventures, and moments in my life–which is to turn them into nice photo books.

I’ve tried many printing services over the years.  From Wolf Camera and Walmart 1 hr labs, to Shutterfly, to MyPublisher, to Mixbook, to AdoramaPix.  I would have to say I’m happy settling on the 12×12″ lay flat books you can order/create through Costco.  Yes, the same place I go to get my normal high q

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When it comes to the best value photo books and photo calendars, it’s hard to beat Costco Photo Center. The big box retailer offers significantly lower prices than many other services, with not a huge drop off in terms of quality. 

Not only are Costco’s prices lower, but you get more for your money, too. Where most other photo book services offer square hardcover books around 8 x 8 inches, Costco has an 11.25 x 8.75-inch hardcover. And, its larger book also starts with more pages (30 vs 20), yet it's $13 less than the next-cheapest (and just slightly better) rival. The value situation with calendars, and photo cards is similar.

However, you’re much more limited when it comes to the design of your photo book and calendar, and especially photo cards. They’re not as attractive as rivals’ products, either. For our Costco Photo Center review, we awarded it 3.5 stars overall because of the premium we put on top quality. But depending on your budget, you may rate it even higher.

Costco review: Prices

Costco photo books
Costco charges $19.99 for a 30-page 11.25 x 8.75-inch hardcover (or a two-pack of 30-page 8 x 8-inch softcover books). Other sizes include layflat versions of 12 x 12 inches (from $39.99 for 30 pages) and 14 x 11 inches (from $

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