I've liked the concept of a printed photo book for a while. To me it seems a waste of digital to print photos and use a scrapbook approach. There's a whole host of providers around - blurb and photobox appear to be the market leaders here in the UK. I experimented with both suppliers a couple of years ago, but found the template software restrictive. What i wanted was to be able to design my own layout in InDesign and use a printer capable of taking this. Of course, there are plenty of printers capable of providing this kind of service, but it tends to be cost prohibitive for very small print runs. The results have been pretty disappointing, read on for the saga.