The Only Collaborative Photo Book Creation Solution Brings Ease of Use, Creativity to the Tired, Traditional Calendar Space

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – October 28, 2010) –  Mixbook, the free online photo service that offers the most customizable photo books and photo cards on the planet, today announced that it is redefining the photo calendar marketplace by offering the first fully customizable, collaborative calendar builder, bringing unlimited creativity and flexibility to what has traditionally been a very structured, frustrating yearly photo project.

“In 2010, people are no longer happy to accept static, restrictive designs and layouts. They want to build calendars that not only reflect their personalities, but are specifically geared towards the dates they care most about,” said Andrew Laffoon, CEO and co-founder, Mixbook. “With our new calendars, we’ve taken the unlimited creative flexibility and social collaboration features of Mixbook and applied them to one of the most popular holiday gifts. People can now build their calendars with their families, friends and co-workers, and can easily access the photos they most want, no matter who took them. We look forward to seeing how the content and format of calendars will change this holiday season as our customers usher in a new era of ‘social calendaring.’”

As with Mixbook’s comprehensive line of photo books and cards, Mixbook’s new photo calendars are completely customizable, and they enable social calendar creation through Mixbook’s unique collaboration features, letting users pool together their photos and build calendars that capture the essence of their family or organization. In addition, because of the speed and simplicity of the proven Mixbook Editor, calendar makers no longer have to worry about losing their work while in process or having difficulty creating projects that fit their specific needs — or even the orientation of their photos — as is often experienced with other calendar solutions.

Mixbook calendars are currently available in two sizes, 12″x12″and 11″x8.5.” Mixbook calendar creators can:

• Add photos from a number of photo sharing sites including Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, and Smugmug;
• Feature your own special days such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and vacations right in your calendar, even including a picture, stickers, or a caption on the actual date on the calendar;
• Add and remove holidays as you wish;
• Use different backgrounds on each page, both for the featured picture page and behind the calendar dates themselves; and
• Enjoy a constantly growing list of themes, including related “sticker” elements to further personalize your calendars.

Mixbook calendars are available now starting at $19.99. For more information or to start your calendar today, please visit http://www.mixbook.com/photo-calendars.

About Mixbook

Mixbook is a free online service for creating and sharing the world’s most customizable photo books, cards and calendars. Mixbook’s intuitive online software allows users to quickly and easily create professional-looking photo masterpieces, and fully personalize them with thousands of free creative elements. Users can then share their creations for free on the web or as high-quality printed books and cards. Mixbook is rated 10 out of 10 by customers on ResellerRatings and Google Products. Try out Mixbook at http://www.mixbook.com.

For more information, please contact:

Eileen Conway
Scout PR for Mixbook
650.245.9015
eileen@scoutprsf.com

Mixbook introduces the only infinitely customizable solution for making photo holiday cards, wedding invitations, birth announcements, and more.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) September 7, 2010–Starting today, Internet users can fully design their own custom cards and stationery with a free online tool from Mixbook. Previously, card and stationery design choices were limited to boring pre-made templates. Mixbook enables users to create their own cards from scratch, or to edit any aspect – layout, fonts, stickers, and more – of hundreds of professionally-made designs.

“We were shocked that nobody else had created a service like this,” said Andrew Laffoon, CEO & Co-founder of Mixbook. “All of the other players force users into strict templates that stifle creativity. At Mixbook, users have unlimited freedom to personalize their cards.”

Mixbook customers love the new cards and stationery line, with over 90% of customers actively recommending Mixbook cards to family and friends.

“I loved how flexible the design system was and how unique I was able to make my cards. This was a far better system than I’ve used before on other sites like Shutterfly and Snapfish!” said Sarah Johnson, who ordered thank you cards for wedding guests on Mixbook.

Mixbook’s online card editor offers:

• Complete Freedom of Design–Users can start from scratch and let their unique ideas come to life using thousands of backgrounds and sticker elements. They can move, crop, rotate, pan and zoom on photos; add stickers and backgrounds; and create custom layouts. The possibilities are endless with Mixbook’s powerful and easy card editor.
• One-Click Professional Templates–Users can also choose to create cards quickly with fully customizable professional templates for engagement announcements, save-the-date cards, baby birth announcements, baby shower invitations, holiday cards, and more.
• Environmentally-Friendly, Quality Cards–Mixbook uses high-quality, heavy-weight papers that are ethically sourced from sustainable forests and certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and the Rainforest Alliance

About Mixbook

Mixbook is a free online service for creating and sharing the world’s most customizable photo books and cards. Mixbook’s intuitive online software allows users to quickly and easily create professional-looking photo masterpieces, and fully personalize them with thousands of free creative elements. Users can then share their creations for free on the web or as high-quality printed books and cards. Mixbook is rated 5.00 out of 5 on Google Products with over 60 reviews. Try out Mixbook at http://www.mixbook.com.

For more information, please email: press(at)mixbook(dot)com.

Mixbook gives schools the tools to create personalized yearbooks for every student

SAN JOSE, Calif, May 04, 2009 –Mixbook (Mixbook.com), the free online photo service that allows users to collaboratively create personalized photo books, today announced its yearbook program for schools and groups. Mixbook’s new program allows schools and groups to collaboratively create personalized yearbooks with powerful online editing software – allowing students, schools and groups unprecedented freedom to creatively express themselves and preserve their memories in high quality printed yearbooks.

“We wanted to create a school yearbook editor with limitless creative power.  In a matter of minutes, a student, teacher or parent can create a personalized yearbook,” said Andrew Laffoon, CEO & Co-founder of Mixbook. “And with our unique features such as the ability to easily copy and customize a book, it is possible to quickly create individual books for every member of your classroom.”

Mixbook Yearbook Program offers:

• Powerful Creative Features – Move, crop, rotate, pan and zoom on photos; add stickers and backgrounds; and create custom layouts.
• Free Online Storage and Sharing – Every yearbook will be preserved forever for free, so it is easy to share and re-order copies for years to come.
• Full Color, Quality Yearbooks – Mixbook’s high-quality, full-color hardcover yearbooks are all case sewn with 100 lb, archival-quality paper.
• Fast Shipping, Affordable Price – Producing a yearbook takes only 3-5 business days, and pricing starts at just $12.99 for a full-color, high-quality book.
• No Minimum Order Quantity – Mixbook makes it possible to order individual yearbooks for every student.

Hundreds of schools around the world already use Mixbook in the classroom for collaborative class projects, yearbooks, or even creating unique photo gifts.  Experience how easy Mixbook is to use with their 30-second video demo or visit http://www.mixbook.com.

About Mixbook

Mixbook is a free online service for creating and sharing personalized photo books that offers the world’s first collaborative scrapbook editor for creating photo books. Mixbook’s intuitive online software allows users to quickly and easily create professional-looking photo books and then fully personalize them with hundreds of free creative elements. Users can then share their creations on the web or as high-quality printed photo books. Try it yourself at http://www.mixbook.com.

For more information, please email: press@mixbook.com.

Mixbook gives users the power to collaboratively create photo books and scrapbooks on the web

SAN JOSE, Calif, March 9, 2009 –Mixbook (Mixbook.com), the free online photo service that allows users to collaboratively create personalized photo books, today announced the release of a powerful new online scrapbook editor. Mixbook’s new editor allows users to fully personalize their photo book with a wide array of stickers, backgrounds, and professionally-designed themes.

“Mixbook takes the heavy lifting out of photo book creation by providing users a simple, powerful, and collaborative online photo book editor. Within minutes, users can turn their photos into a beautiful printed photo book,” said Aryk Grosz, President & Co-founder of Mixbook. “We also take all the necessary steps to ensure that the print quality of our products is the best on the market. This combination has been the key to our success.”

Mixbook’s Online Photo Book Software Offers:

· One-Click Professional Templates – Create a book quickly with pre-built professional templates for baby photo books, wedding photo books, travel books and more.

· Powerful Scrapbook Editor – Move, crop, rotate, pan and zoom on photos; add stickers and backgrounds; and create custom layouts.

· Integration with Leading Photo Sites – Add photos from Facebook, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr, Photobucket or Smugmug.

· Simple Online Collaboration – Invite friends and family to create pages, add photos and even create their own fully-personalized copies to order when the book is done.

Check out how easy Mixbook is to use with our 30-second video demo or visit http://www.mixbook.com.

About Mixbook

Mixbook is a free online service for creating and sharing personalized photo books that offers the world’s first collaborative scrapbook editor for creating photo books. Mixbook’s intuitive online software allows users to quickly and easily create professional-looking photo books and then fully personalize them with hundreds of free creative elements. Users can then share their creations on the web or as high-quality printed photo books. Try it yourself at http://www.mixbook.com.

For information, contact:

Marcel Sanchez
Mixbook.com
press@mixbook.com

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Mixbook For Educators gives teachers the tools needed to create photo books online for free

SAN JOSE, Calif, February 09, 2009 –Mixbook (http://www.mixbook.com), widely known for the free online web tool that lets users create personalized, professional-quality photo books from their own photo albums, today announced a new program exclusively for educators as a way to make teaching easier and more fun. Mixbook for education gives teachers, grades K-12, access to a free digital photo book creation tool, Mixbook For Educators newsletter and classroom discounts only for educators.

“Mixbook is one of the best Web 2.0 Applications that I have ever come across. This tool allows anyone to become a published author. Mixbook’s ease of use and simple intuitive functionality make it very simple to integrate into your instruction. Kids will love building their very own interactive ebooks with this tool,” said Cheryl Capozzoli, Instructional Technology Specialist of Capital Area Intermediate Unit, Harrisburg, PA. “Imagine the power in building, creating, sharing and publishing your very own book. What a fantastic way to inspire children of all ages to write, collaborate and share their talents!”

Mixbook’s Education Program offers teachers:

• A secure online environment that values the safety of children and students

• The capability to create high-quality books that students and family will love.

• A web tool that is easy to learn and even easier to integrate into the classroom

Teachers can use Mixbook’s creator to design yearbooks, share classroom memories or even create research projects for classroom presentations. Mixbook gives teachers the tools needed to make teaching in the classroom easier and more engaging for students.

For more information about Mixbook for Educators, visit http://www.mixbook.com/edu

About Mixbook

Mixbook gives people the freedom to create, share and collaborate in a way that has never been done before. From creating printed photo books for just about any occasion to having your friend across the world help you make wedding guest books, birthday photo books, or that perfect gift. Mixbook’s easy-to-learn tools allow for creativity to be left up to the imagination. Visit http://www.mixbook.com

For information, contact:

Marcel Sanchez
Mixbook.com
press@mixbook.com