Unibind, which manufactures binding, laminating and presentation systems, has introduced a photo album creation kit, My Books. In addition to providing anyone with a digital camera and a printer with a simple, cost-effective way to create professional-quality photo books, My Books also can bind other materials into traditional hardcover books for quick reports, presentations and proposals.
The hardcover, 8 1/2 by 11-inch photo albums are produced without expensive binding equipment, heat or glue. Pages are inserted between front- and back-cover sheets, stapled and placed within the album's spine. When the yellow strips are pulled off the front and back of the album, the pages are sealed.
The My Books kit includes a hard-book cover, perforated cover sheets, software and photo paper for $27.99. Refills for books and perforated cover sheets also are available for $17.99.
In addition, the company has released the PhotoStory Binding Center, an all-in-one machine that allows one large-format print to cover two pages with no cutting or gluing. The binder incorporates a heating element, pressure-set, cutting machine, round corner tool and back-shaping element, and is particularly well suited to the production of wedding albums.