We have just release our brand new Theme Editor with many new options. Change the size of captions, colors of borders, add drop shadows to photos or select a beautiful patterned background!

We’ve also added a few new theme presets, the first one is Valentine, with a matching custom made background.

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Poyomi Photo Books now feature instant online galleries of all of your photos. Each printed book gets its own gallery with all the text, captions and photos arranged just the same as in print. Great for a recipe book!

For easy access, we also print a QR code and link to the back of your book for easy mobile access. This can be disabled when ordering the print.

Read more » about galleries.

Poyomi Wall Calendars now feature custom holidays and events. Just enter them in our Calendar Items editor. We also support international names for months and days, with localized holidays. We currently support these countries: US, GB, France, Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia.

Of course, we also have a number of new small enhancements and features. Here are some of them:

• Grab your photos from your Instagram account
• Hide the footer and/or title on covers of your photo books
• Instant 3D preview of your photo books and calendars – last step before checkout
• Redesigned account page
• Tabbed progress steps allow you to quickly jump around the editors

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Our family of products just got bigger! Poyomi Calendars are 11 inch x 14 inch, Wire-O bound, printed on high quality 80# Cover Paper.

Be sure to check out our Calendar Designer!

Our Photo Books can now be ordered in Square, 8 inch by 8 inch, format as well, both in Saddle Stitched and Perfectly Bound versions.

Start building your Poyomi Photo Book now!

We’re proud to announce the availability of two new Photo Book formats: Digest which measures 5.25 by 8.25 inches and Digest Landscape, measuring 8.25 inches by 5.25 inches.

Both formats are available in Perfect Binding and Saddle Stitched versions. Check out the book’s pricing on the revised Pricing and Shipping page. There you’ll also find the new product preview widget.

We’ve also improved the checkout experience – Poyomi now features its own Cart system for even easier ordering. Check out our Facebook and Twitter accounts for a special coupon code!

Let’s start this year with some long-awaited features that you have been asking for!

We’ve added the option to select separate cover and back photos, or you can still stretch one photo over the entire spread.

And how about selecting a pixel-perfect crop out of your cover photo? Not a problem anymore with the new Photo Crop option!

The Basic mode Preview step has been cleaned up and we have added the option to add a special introduction page with text for your book.

When a photo caption just isn’t enough, you can add more text with the revised text editor.

We’ve also improved the support for languages with non-Latin alphabets or scripts (Japanese, Chinese, Cyrillic, …), making Poyomi a truly international product. The interface has also been re-designed slightly and the whole site should function even more smoothly.

Stay tuned for updates on the new book formats! And they’re already available right now.

28 page saddle stitched, US letter size calendars with your photos arranged for the best looking year-round book. Try the new, easy to use interface for calendars.

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Previously, we have limited the availability of world wide shipping to orders that contained less than 300 pages. We are happy to announce that this limit has been lifted and that FedEx (Economy or Priority) shipping is now available as well.

You can check the shipping prices on the revised pricing and shipping page.

Want to set your own custom logo on the back cover page of your book? Now you can! Create a new book branding in your Poyomi account. You can use it across any number of books you design. Also available is empty branding, with no logos or additional text.

Note: you have to be signed in with Poyomi to use custom designs, but you can select the empty branding option without being signed in. Check the branding selection screen for pricing information.

Have to sleep on your still not complete book? Want to edit in on another computer? Really need to save something just to be sure? Well, now you can! We have added the often requested option to save books for later editing. Look for the photo book menu in the upper right corner.

You’ll need to Sign In to your Poyomi.com account to use this feature. On your Account page, you’ll be able to continue with arranging your latest photo book.

We’ve also added back the mass photo caption editor with the added option of removing all captions, in case they are unneeded.

More summer features are on their way!

As promised, here is our big summer update with lots of exciting new features that you have asked for!

Accounts

You can now register and Sign In to Poyomi. By doing this you can keep track of your books in a single place. Expect more features that will require an account, so Sign Up today!

Advanced mode

We’re known for our simple approach to photo books, but sometimes you just need more control. With the new Advance mode, this is now possible. Assemble building blocks into your own book, add text pages with full page background photos and expanded photos that span to the very borders of pages. You can also simply drag and drop blocks around to reorder them to your liking. Switch to the Advanced mode by clicking on its icon in the upper right corner.

Text editor

Text pages were one of the most often requested feature, and here they are! Select from color themes, typographies, alignments and add a cool full page photo and make a great introduction for your book. Or create a really big book with several chapters and photo collections – great for photo books from long holidays!

Note: this is currently available only in the Advanced Mode. Simple Mode version coming soon!

Self publishing

Want to sell your photo books? Now you can! Create a book at Poyomi and publish it with MagCloud. They offer print and digital distribution and many options for self-promotion. Contact us for more information!

Note: You need accounts both at Poyomi and MagCloud.

Publish to iPad

By Publishing to MagCloud (see above) and choosing free digital distribution, your book will also appear in MagCloud’s free iPad application! Contact us for more information!

More!

With this update we have established a great basis for added features and we’ll have more updates in the coming weeks. First features to be added are the option to save books to your account while they are still in the editing phase and custom branding options. A Poyomi account will be required for both of these features. If you have an idea for some more, leave us a message!