Occasions
Twelve books people actually make
Each one is a starting point, not a template you are stuck inside: a recommended build, a size, a sensible page count and a short list of things that make that particular kind of book work.
Wedding albums
The album the photographer hoped you would make
Lay-Flat Premium · 10 × 10 in · usually 60 pages
Baby's first year
Twelve months, one book, before the phone eats them
Classic Hardcover · 8 × 8 in · usually 48 pages
Family yearbook
One book a year. The habit that actually sticks.
Classic Hardcover · 8 × 8 in · usually 60 pages
Travel journals
The trip, in the order it happened
Linen Hardcover · 11 × 8.5 in · usually 52 pages
Pet tributes
For the one who was in every photo anyway
Linen Hardcover · 8 × 8 in · usually 36 pages
Recipes & cookbooks
The recipes nobody wrote down
Linen Hardcover · 8.5 × 11 in · usually 72 pages
Graduation & school years
Thirteen years, compressed to something readable
Classic Hardcover · 11 × 8.5 in · usually 44 pages
In loving memory
A memorial book, made without a deadline hanging over it
Linen Hardcover · 8 × 8 in · usually 40 pages
Birthdays & milestones
Sixtieths, retirements, and the surprise-book problem
Classic Hardcover · 8 × 8 in · usually 32 pages
Photographer portfolios
A portfolio that does not need a screen or a signal
Archival Heirloom · 13 × 10 in · usually 40 pages
Sports seasons
One book per season, one copy per family
Softcover · 11 × 8.5 in · usually 32 pages
Home & renovation
Before, during, and the bit you will forget
Lay-Flat Premium · 11 × 8.5 in · usually 40 pages
Not on the list?
The book you have in mind is fine too
These are just the twelve we get asked about most. A house move, a restoration project, a band’s first tour, a thesis, a decade of allotment photographs — the builder does not care what the subject is.