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Photo Book Cover Options: Which One is Right for You?
Choosing the right photo book cover depends on the occasion, your design style, and your budget. Photocovers offer full customisation, Premium Material Covers bring timeless elegance, and Softcovers are flexible and affordable — each suited to different stories and moments.
Here’s a breakdown of each cover type to help you decide which is right for your project:
1: Photocovers
Perfect for: Holidays, family albums, weddings, baby books, portfolios
A Photocover is a hardcover (or softcover) Photo Book where you get to design the front, back, and spine using your own photos, text, and layouts. Photocovers are perfect if you want your cover to be as personalised as the pages inside and they look fantastic when sitting on a coffee table.
Key features:
Fully personalised cover using your photos, text, and layouts
Printed in vibrant colour with protective matte laminate (or optional lustre finish)
Precision-wrapped over strong hardboard with trimmed and tucked corners
Lined endpapers for a clean, professional finish (for perfect bound books only)
Why choose it? Photocovers turn your book into a visual showpiece from the very first glance. We choose photocovers when we want a photo on the cover of the book to tell the story of what’s inside. It’s also a great choice when you have all your books lined up in a book case as you can put text on the spine so you know exactly which book is which.
2: Premium Material Covers
Perfect for: Gifts, wedding albums, memorial books, elegant keepsakes
Material Covers are where your book is encased in a natural material - we have lots of colour options in Buckram and Faux Leather. We normally see Material Covers chosen when people are looking for a timeless or more formal type keepsake. Examples are weddings, engagements and bar mitzvahs.
Key features:
Available in Buckram fabric or Faux Leather
Wide range of elegant colours
Hand-finished with folded corners and lined endpapers (for perfect bound books only)
Personalise with hot-stamping (gold, silver, or blind debossing)
Optional matching slip cases and presentation boxes for a luxury finish
Why choose it? They are great for when you are looking for an elegant outcome for that special occasion. They work really well when combined with the debossing option to add text to the photobook. Beautiful debossing lifts the book to the next level. As one idea, the silver debossing looks great on a dark fabric because it contrasts well with the dark material.
3. Softcovers
Best for: Travel snapshots, casual keepsakes, lightweight gifting
A Softcover is a flexible, printed version of our Photocover, easy to carry, with a soft, bendable cover. It has a similar look and feel to a high-end glossy magazine.
Key features:
Fully customisable cover with your photos and text
Glossy laminated finish
Perfect-bound spine for a classic look
Why choose it? Softcovers are perfect when you want something portable and affordable without sacrificing print quality. They’re great for everyday memories or gifts that are light to post.
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Whether you’re after bold personalisation or classic refinement, our covers reflect the craftsmanship and care that sets albumworks apart.
If you are unsure about what to pick, please call our Customer Service team on 1300 553 448 - they can guide you through making the right decision for your special memory.