I need an album company with an 11 x 14 flush mount album with the metal album cover option and mini books. I know KISS, Graphistudio and Pictage have minibooks, but with over 50 album companies at WPPI, isn't there just one more?

Pictage is announcing this week that their digital designs from their album designer tool are going to be available for download. So maybe you could order or do the design through them and get companion books through them, and then either get prints to have bound somewhere else through them or the digital files to have print and bound somewhere else.

I can't wait to be able to use the Pictage album design service and tool but have the flexibility to get an album from anyone!!

Thanks Shawn. I will call my Pictage rep, the fantastic Katy VanBuren, on Tuesday. Also , Shawn I have a rock climbing e-session for you. I will pm you later this week.

Wow, that will be awesome!

Are there any other mini books?

Check out Forbeyon. They do 4x5 books in several different styles and they also have a flush mount 11x14 with metal cameo options. They are really great albums!
Website: Forbeyon

For sweet books on a budget, don't forget Apple's own mini books!

2.5" x 3.5": $4 each for 20 pages (up to 100pgs)

6" x 8": $10 each for 20 pages (up to 100pgs)

nearly all companies have some kind of little book.

i surprise my clients with a copy in a 4x4 photobook from zookbinders when they pick up their album. if they don't have parents' books i remind them that i could do a similar book (up to 7x7) for them, and it's really inexpensive. i order the 4x4 regardless of the album vendor for the primary.

zookbinders
finao
forbeyon
pictobooks
leather craftsmen

don't know about pictage, i don't use them

Thank you friends! Such good friends. I am off to take 17 girls up to 10,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains for 5 days of girls camp. Wish me luck!

Forbeyon looks like my choice, because of the metallic cover and the 11 x 13 horzontal style I need for this client. I would like to try KISS as well.

Any news as to Forbeyon turn around time in the middle of the super busy season?