Photo Book Softcover A5 portrait

Make a photo book with an A5 soft cover

If a collection of photos is meant to be transported and carried around frequently, making an A5 photo book with a softcover is indeed a convenient solution. The minimum amount of pictures needed to make a photo book in A5 portrait size is of 24 (maximum 800!).

On one hand, a paperback-like soft cover is flexible, bendable and certainly lighter than a hard cover or a leather photo book. On the other, an A5 portrait layout (148 x 210 mm) makes a handy pocket-sized format to keep all kinds of images (preferably portrait-oriented ones, but not only).

Finally, an adhesive binding and 170 gsm inkjet printing sheets complete a cheap yet good-quality photo book. A final touch of class can be obtained by adding a high-gloss finish, which covers up the grid often produced by digital printing and increases the colour depth.

Make a photo book: the ultimate Decalogue

1. Simplicity and clarity lead to good design (in other words, less is more),
2. Watch out for blurry pictures (danger!),
3. Make sure the people who appear on the photos like them (to avoid any possible revenge),
4. If text has been added, correct your mispellings (outch!),
5. Avoid jumping from one scene to the other (we want to know the story!),
6. Choose a cover that serves the purpose of the photo book,
7. Pay attention to the resolution requirements for your selected format,
8. Paper quality does make a difference (inkjet or photographic sheets),
9. Gain space by croping the photos and focusing on the nicest details,
10. Check the final result in preview mode (really helpful).

Use these tips and tricks to design an A5 portrait travel photo book, a baby photo book or a graduation photo album. Let your own artistic sense and creativity guide you through the design process. Please bear in mind that with A5 portrait size image resolution should be of at least 461 x 620 pixels, but the best results are obtained with 1560 x 2100 pixels. For further details, try out our photobook wizard, which automatically warns you about insufficient resolution, or contact myphotobook's customer hotline.

Our online photobook maker

In myphotobook UK, we simply love making photo books. For this reason, we believe that the design process should be made as simple as possible. Thus, the purpose of our photobook maker is to help you put your nicest photo book ideas into practice with only a few clicks.

Although most users prefer to create their photo books with the online editor, the truth is a greater selection of cliparts can be found in the offline software version. It also makes it possible to save the project on the computer desktop. In contrast, saving a photographic project online is only possible if a personal account has been created previously. Collect the best portrait captions from digital cameras, smartphones and social networks and make a photo book of your own memories.

Soft & flexible like an A5 softcover photo book

The softcover photo book originated in the 18th century, as a fast technique to produce books and reach a wider audience. It wasn't long before the versatile softcover photo booklet became the most popular printing format.

Today, bespoke photo books have been made accessible online for everyone to create them. Not only the inner pages, but also the cover case and even the book spine can be customised with titles, backgrounds, filters and a variety of different shapes.

Appart from A5 portrait photo books, on this website you can order more softcover book formats, such as:

• A4 portrait soft cover photo books,
• A4 landscape soft cover photo books,
• A5 landscape soft cover photo books,
• 20x20 soft cover photo books.

Personalised children's books

A5 soft covers are often used to design personalised children's books. A Christmas fairy tale or the lyrics of a song your kids learnt at school will become more impressive when combined with real pictures. Especially with children, the amount of possibilities to customise an album is unlimited: rhymes, tongue-twisters and fantastic combinations of colours and shapes will stimulate their imagination and encourage them to read until the end. Sharing photos and memories with someone else is indeed something special, but even more if you share them with your children. For example, a personalised photo book is ideal to show your children older pictures of your family.

Personalised children's books are small but meaningful gifts that work for practically any occasion and time of the year. Your daughter or son will be able to share it with schoolmates and best friends. And as it will have the shape of an A5 portrait softcover photo book, it will easily fit into their school bags, sport bags and folders.