What you actually receive
Not a mockup and not a photograph of someone else's copy. These are the real composed pages, exported from the same file we send the printer.
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A book about a partner, a parent or a grandparent is twelve chapters too, each with one picture and one page of story, and the story quotes the answers you write. Here are three chapters of an example Our Story So Far.
Chapter 1Where It Started It all began under the harbour lanterns, right where the gangway met the salty evening breeze. "In the queue for the last ferry to Naxos. She had my seat and would not give it back." Her stubborn grin won that bench easily, and neither of them minded sharing the narrow wooden railing instead.
Chapter 4The Captain Every lasting partnership has its private folklore, built from wrong turns and good-humoured roadside confusion. "She calls me Captain since I got us lost in Lisbon with a paper map." Mira still chuckles as she points out the obvious road signs, teasing him whenever they consult a phone screen.
Chapter 12Side by Side Tonight marks another milestone year of walking this shared path together, side by side through every changing season. Mira raises her glass with a bright smile, while Tom gently squeezes her hand across the wooden table. Here is to the miles already behind them, and to every beautiful journey still waiting ahead.
The specification
| Size | 8 × 8 inches (200 × 200 mm) |
|---|---|
| Binding | Hardcover, glued |
| Interior pages | 28 |
| Chapters | 12, each with its own full-page illustration |
| Paper | 170 gsm (65 lb) coated silk |
| Printing | Full colour on both sides of every page |
| Cover | Matt laminated, printed wraparound |
Taken from the product we order from our printer, not from a brochure.
Common questions
What does the book physically feel like?
It is a 8 × 8 inch hardcover, 28 interior pages on 170 gsm coated silk paper, with a matt-laminated wraparound cover. That paper weight is roughly double a typical magazine page, so the illustrations do not show through from the other side.
Why does a personalized book cost more than a book in a shop?
A shop book was printed tens of thousands of times from one file. Yours is written and illustrated for one named child and printed as a single copy, so it carries none of that scale. What you are paying for is a print run of one.
Are these real pages or a mockup?
These are the actual composed pages from the print file, exported from the same pipeline that sends the book to the printer. They are not photographs of a bound copy and not a 3D mockup.
How many pages have illustrations?
Twelve - one full-page illustration for each chapter, plus the wraparound cover. Every one is generated from the single photograph you upload, so the child is recognisably the same child on every page.
Will the illustrations look the same on paper as on screen?
Close, with one honest caveat: screens emit light and paper reflects it, so print is very slightly softer and deeper than a backlit screen. The files are prepared at print resolution with a full-bleed margin, which is why nothing important sits near the trimmed edge.
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