Advent Photobooks

Where has it gone? – I'm assuming it's closed down as there are no fresh reviews. Before you start a project please check. I learned the hard way taking about 15 hours to prepare the book then couldn't upload my book with the message being "can't connect to server". There is no current website to refer to and they aren't answering their phone. It used to be a very good photo book website and the finished product was also good. Show details

Not working – Unable to order my photobook. Got message that the server is not connected. No response to email or phone call. Think that the company may have collapsed. I am very disappointed as I spent hours assembling the photobook.

Can not connect to server – Completed photo book. No server available to upload photos. Was told server had been down for past month, no idea when it will be operating again. Software was impressive but greatly disappointed.

Great Results all 200 PAGES! – I decided to use Advent after much research into other products to produce a 200 page 12x12 photo book with my high resolution photos from several holiday trips.Not many other companies will do a 200 page book. I like their software which you keep on your computer. Not having to log in every time I worked on the book (over 150 hours) was a bonus.… Read more

I just received the photo book, after 5 working days from order and I must say I am very impressed with the quality all round. The page layouts,templates, cropping, text boxes etc is exactly as I produced at home prior to uploading! There may be cheaper options out their, but you get what you pay for. It was great value for money and I have an impressive photo book to prove it. I will definitely use Advent again.

June 5th 2017 Update: Not In my case!

I have not one Advent logo in or on any pages of my photobook! I have a small bar code on the last page on my photo book, bottom corner, no problem! I did not need to load program every time I went into Advent on my computer! I have not been paid for any of my comments. I am true Aussie Blue! Live in Brisbane Qld. Photo of myself on reviews? Why would I, I am ugly LOL! Working on another photo book now.!

Excellent product, exceptional customer service – After researching many online photobook services, I discovered Advent Photobooks late in the day, leaving a very tight window of time to get my rather ambitious photobook made, uploaded and then produced. I rang the team at Photobook who kindly provided me with an upload deadline that would allow them to get my book produced and mailed. I found… Read more

the software easy to use, mostly intuitive and importantly - fun! A minor technical concern was quickly resolved by a phonecall [magic - real people, with genuine interest in my issue, to talk to!!]. Don't be alarmed at the time it takes to upload your book to their site; my book took about 30 minutes, but it all went smoothly, with a few automated prompts asking me to confirm some content. My photobook arrived in advance of the expected day and I was delighted with the quality. Everything looked so much better than I had hoped for. The coverboards are strong and glossy, the pages thick and smooth - they made even poor photographs look good - all this at a very reasonable price. I will certainly be using Advent Photobooks again. Other online suppliers could learn a thing or two from Advent's customer service.

First book - good quality, extremely fast production and delivery – Did a fair bit of research before choosing Advent. Definitely got a good product. [name removed]'s tutorial showing you how to use the design software was excellent and easy to follow, as were the pop up help tips and the design program itself. It must have taken a good 15 hours to actually complete the book but I did have 78 pages, about 120… Read more

photos, text and am a bit of a perfectionist on top of that.

Book arrived two days after placing order and uploading photo book! I paid a little extra for express shipping but really - how good is that?! I had actually called up to see how long my order was going to take and spoke to [name removed] noting it was for an anniversary present for that same day (took me much longer to complete project than I had allowed for). I didn't ask for it to be pushed along but that's good customer service for you.

Finished product was excellent quality, nice feel with the silky paper and picture quality reflective of the resolution of the photo. I knew my older photos taken with 1MP (or lower) cameras would be inferior to my 8MP camera photos (obvious) so I expected the different picture quality. The ones taken at high res came out very well. Binding was excellent. Overall finish was excellent.

Very happy with whole experience. Will be using them again and would highly recommend. Easy to use software. Good product tutorial. Excellent results. Great customer service. Fast production. Had a few issues fitting some landscape photos in the layout design I wanted but I adapted.

Professional and prompt after-care service – Easy to use program to create your own book. Quality product. Outstanding customer service - I had written the incorrect street number on my address. I was kept informed by Aust Post that my book was on its way, then was not able to be delivered. I rang Advent and explained the situation. They rang back a few minutes later to say that my book had… Read more

been returned to them. I offered to pay the freight costs again, due to my error in giving the incorrect street number. I was very impressed when they said they would deliver it to me, free of extra charge, as one of their drivers would be in the area the next day. I would definitely use Advent again.

Easy to Use and Loved the Finished Book – I really liked the Advent program to load photos into the book. It was easy to use and offerered a very good range of options for the layout of each page. The ability to save my work part way through and come back to complete/revise the book at a later time was very useful and I did not need access to the internet until I was ready to place the… Read more

order. Presentation of the front and rear covers worked really well and I am very pleased with the finished hard cover book. Production and delivery was very prompt and the book was well wrapped for protection while in transit. I am happy to now start looloing at my next book.

Good quality, great price – I have purchased about 8 books now - easy to use, great layouts, economical - no problems at all. I do one for my mother in law for her Christmas present for the past three years and she loves showing them off. I have included proof of purchase with my review.

Ok – After reading all these great reviews i decided to go with Avent. I orded 20 page 20x20 soft book so nothing to big but for 30 dollars I did expect better quality. The photos just look like they have been printed from a normal printer. Wouldnt say it is totally bad but if you want someyhing nice i wouldnt recommend them.

Decent price and quick turn around. Print quality ok – I used this service to get a pretty standard photobook done of my travels. I didn't do anything particularly adventurous. Their software gave me trouble once, but mostly worked fine, though it isn't the prettiest. Their prices were pretty reasonable, but between placing the order and getting the book, it was really quick. That said, the quality… Read more

of the photos just wasn't quite what I'd been hoping. The colours just didn't quite pop the way I'd wanted. I don't think that's my photography--I'm moderately serious about it, but it's always hard to tell. The colours definitely looked better on the few monitors I looked at the photos on (not just one monitor). Also, you could see just see the individual pixels of the print. Only if you looked really closely, but still, just not quite as sharp as you'd expect.

Just some annoying things that turned me away – I downloaded the software. Even though I have locked the item on my dock, the software does a complete install every time I turn off my computer and want to load it up again (which is time consuming and annoying). Plus, there is a very noticeable Advent logo and barcode on the back cover which you cannot get rid of. I was tempted to persist… Read more

because of the good reviews on this site. But I'm so annoyed by both of these negatives I have mentioned that I am just going to cut my losses and move on to another photobook provider before I get too invested in this book. Their email support is poor (no reply in over 2 days) but they were quick to pick up the phone for phone support and were polite on the phone. Too bad they could not sort out my software issue over the phone though.

Simply the Best – I used Advent Photobooks last year to create a beautiful record of my daughter's Christening. From the beginning, it was such an enjoyable experience. The software is very easy to use and I could design every page just the way I wanted effortlessly. I must make a special mention of the fantastic customer service. Even though I put in my order just… Read more

5 days before leaving on vacation, the wonderful people at Advent were so accommodating and made sure I received it in time to take it with me to show my relatives overseas. And the end product could not have been better. I was very proud to show it off to everyone! I will always be grateful for the wonderful service I received at that time. I don't need to look anywhere else for all future photobooks. I have very happily recommended Advent Photobooks to my friends and am very happy to continue doing so.

Amazing – I just received the photobook I made for our wedding pictures... And it looks absolutely amazing. The software was so easy to use, and the ordering process so simple. I highly recommend Advent Photobooks. the pricing was very good, and the communication even better. I honestly could not be happier. I can't wait until I have another occasion I can make one for!

Perfect....absolutely perfect – Easy to use software with absolute freedom to create. Perfect for gifts and for our own collection. I highly recommend Advent Photobooks.

A great discovery! – I was using another product and not finding it at all intuitive. Once I started Advent I appreciated the responsive Help Line, and also found the product quite easy to use. The quality is excellent and I have discovered a new creative outlet - making books for our grand-daughters using my text and my husband's photos. The help desk, the electronic link to my book and the book quality. Not much! Maybe a few more backgrounds would be great.

The best tool to treasure your memories – We developed two photobooks - one was capturing our beautiful wedding day and the other one capturing the building development of our house. The software was very easy to use. The end products look amazing and the quality was very professional! We thoroughly enjoyed putting the books together. We will definitely be recommending Advent Photobooks to my friends and family globally! Affordable, Easy, Fun, Prompt

Fantastic Product – I have just received the 3 albums that I put together & they are fantastic - the quality is great. The books were easy to put together ( after I had sorted our photos ). The family members they are for will love them. The programme was simple to use & I cant speak highly enough of the quality I would definitely recommend them to others Very easy to use

Success at first attempt! – I had a great experience & result with my first photobook using Advent. Daniel gave personal & prompt support when I was unsure what to do initially. The program is so easy to use & the email documentation of the stages comforting. I can’t wait to show the book to my family & friends & have a chance to do a second! Easy & efficient to use.

Fantastic – I wanted to give my Nana something Special for her 90th Birthday. The photos weren't great quality as they dated as far back as the 1920s. The book turned our Brilliant and everyone raves about it. I will definitely be using them again, great idea to record those special events and memories easy to use

Beautiful memories will last forever! – I used Advent Photobooks to create a memoire for my daughter's 21st Birthday and the result was sensational. The photos were reproduced very clearly, even though many of the photos were scanned as they were taken over 20 years ago. The program was simple to use and allowed for may variations in size, shape, colour and font. The level of customer… Read more

service provided was excellent. All my questions were answered promptly and i was given personal support to complete my project. My photobook of 95pages was delivered in less than 10 days and everyone who has looked through my photobook has commented on its very professional and high quality finish. I would highly recommend Advent for the excellent quality of their product but more importantly for their excellent assistance and customer service.

Awesome – I recently completed my first 60 page hardback photobook and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was! The software was simple to download and I created a folder of my favourite photos which made it easy to download into the software. I watched the tutorial which had good tips, used the enhance photo feature on all of my photos and it was… Read more

easy to rearrange pages to get the photos in order. I received notification when Advent had received my download and when the book was going to be sent - which was done in a very short timeframe. The finished product is very professional, excellent quality and we love it. It is a fantastic keepsake and I'm looking forward to receiving my next book this week!

I highly recommend Advent and their hardback photobooks.

A quality product – I have only had two albums produced, and I just love them! I'm in the process of creating a third now. The program was quite easy to learn how to use (I watched the demo tape on-line first), and after playing around with the different options e.g. backgrounds, different coloured frames, fonts etc., my albums finished up looking very professional. … Read more

The colours look the same as on the computer. I asked for information a couple of times, both via email and phone, and found the staff very helpful. I definitely recommend Advent to others. Quality paper. Reliable service.

So professional and super easy too! – This was my first attempt at putting a photobook together and I found the Advent software really easy to use. For a real novice, the finished product looked incredibly professional. It will be a treasured record and I'm already planning another 2 books! I would recommend Advent to anyone who, like me, has thousands of photos sitting on a hard… Read more

drive. Prompt service, great assistance and support, easy to use software, quick delivery, quality product

Good printers but a little slow – These guys are great. I have been dealing with them for a long time now to do photobooks for my clients. The turnaround time can be a little slow sometimes but always worth the wait. Good customer service which is always a bonus. Happy to recommend these guys to anyone. Quality is of a high standard quality service sometimes a little slow

Excellent Service – This was the first Photobook I've had from Advent so it took me a little while to understand all the features but once I had mastered that, I was very happy with the software. I had a couple of questions and phoned Advent. [names removed] were extremely helpful and talked me through step by step. Very impressed with the one on one service. The… Read more

finished product is fantastic - very happy with it and have suggested Advent to a couple of friends already.

I will definitely use Advent again.

Thanks so much The great service

So much fun! – Putting the book together! The software was easy to use and gave lots of choice for creativity and produced an excellent finished product! I used several types of photobook software/companies over christmas and advent was by far my favourite and made wonderful christmas presents and memories of our daughters first year! I would highly recommend. easy to use, lots of themes and graphics.

So easy and fun to create – It was easy to use and so many creative methods and template for me choose from. It was Xmas gift for my daughters 22 Alice in wonderland bday surprise party, I added baby pics, PDF poetry and documents etc... The result was so special and she will treasure for ever, thank you Advent ! Once I got the hang of it it was so easy to use.

Fantastic photobooks!!! – So far I have done two photobooks through Advent. I received the first one a couple of weeks ago and it was fantastic...I absolutely loved it. I only uploaded the 2nd photobook on Monday night but if the first one is anything to go by, I think I'm going to be just as happy. Easy to use and very prompt with delivery once you order...only took 4 days to receive. Everything! Ease of use and the many choices for photobooks sizes

Treasured keepsakes of our trips – A great product... You don't have to upload anything until the photobook is finished; it is user friendly and when you play with it a bit, there are so many exciting things you can do with it. You can make and save your own page styles and backgrounds etc. Everyone is blown away by my books - makes me look good lol and delivery was withing the… Read more

time frame. One took a bit longer than the others but all arrived safely. Great product - and I've used quite a few of these programs over the years!! Thank you. User friendly, change and save your own ideas, infinitely variable layouts and presentation, good quality finished product, friendly staff.

A Wonderful Product – Thank-You So much for the exceptional quality and care that went into Our suprise present for our Parents 50th Wedding Anniversary, We will be back and so will our friends and family. Overall this was a great experience from start to finish. Easy to use software made it a breeze. Excellent Re-production

Wonderful keepsake – Absolutely loved it, quality was exceptional, professionally constructed and a pleasure to show to friends who were amazed at the display and setting out of my wedding photos. Also the ease for me being somewhat computor challenged and the enjoyment of compiling the book was most rewarding. The instant availability of a book is such a wonderful… Read more

keepsake to have on hand to view from our special day. Quality of the photos, paper, and the ease of setting out and displaying also inexpensive.

Wonderful gift – It was great fun to do. Easy software to use and very quick delivery. Made for my husband for his 70 th birthday. Included all his baby photos, childhood photos etc. he had tears of happiness when he opened his gift. Wonderful!!! I have recommended Advent to several friends. Thank you Advent

Photobook – From start to finish the company was very helpful. The books are really good and very impressive. They didn't take long to materialize from computer to my hand!! The many different designs helped make each page look professional. The photos on the side bar displayed really assisted in making the books look great The optional designs for each page helped so much.

Where is my photo book???? – Ordered a photo book (this is the 15th photo book I have made from several companies) so long ago forgot what pictures I even put in it..... Still waiting for the photo book to arrive?????? Weeks after it was meant to. I have received great correspondance from them - but still no photo book. I specially ordered it when I did in ti me for a birthday present - this birthday has now come and gone :o/