Mixbook: Design Custom Photo Books, Cards, and Calendars Online

Mixbook is a website — and a mobile app — where you design your own personalized photo products. Unlike Chatbooks, which automates everything, Mixbook puts you in the driver's seat. You choose the photos, arrange them on the page, pick backgrounds and layouts, and add your own text. The result is a fully custom book, card, or calendar that looks exactly the way you want it to.

Mixbook is especially popular for wedding albums, baby's first-year books, vacation scrapbooks, and family holiday cards. The design tools are built for everyday people, not graphic designers. You drag photos onto a page, and the layout adjusts automatically. You can switch to a different layout with one click, change the background color, or add a caption underneath any photo.

The website is usually the easiest place to start because the screen is larger and easier to work with. Once you sign up for a free account, you can save your project and come back to it later — your work is stored on Mixbook's website so you do not lose it if you close the browser.

Pricing depends on what you order. A standard 20-page photo book starts around $25 to $30, and Mixbook frequently runs sales for 40 to 50 percent off. Greeting cards start around $2 to $3 each when ordered in small quantities. Wall calendars are popular around the holidays and usually run $25 to $40 depending on size.

Mixbook ships anywhere in the United States, and most standard-quality orders arrive within one to two weeks. Rush shipping is available for an extra fee.