Softcover travel photo books
4.4150+ App Store ratingsA light, flexible photo book that opens like a magazine. The studio and the app call it Magazine: the same softcover book, with 20 to 298 pages of 150gsm gloss, made on the web or in the TripMemo app.
From £26.49
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- Arrives in 4 to 7 working daysPrinted to order. Delivery priced for your address at checkout.
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- 150gsm gloss pages, 20 to 298 of them
- Six cover styles and 525 illustrated designs, with your title, colours and spine
- Preview every page before you order
- Binding
- Softcover
- Pages
- 20 to 298
- Paper
- 150gsm gloss
- Cover
- Matte, personalised front, back and spine
- Sizes
- 21 × 29.7 cm, 14.8 × 21 cm, 21 × 21 cm
Every book is printed to order, then sent tracked to your door. UK orders usually arrive in 4 to 7 working days. Delivery is priced for your address and your date is confirmed at checkout.
Questions about your book? Email support@tripmemo.app and we will get back to you.
Softcover at a glance
- Paper
- 150gsm gloss
- Binding
- Soft, flexible cover
- Sizes
- Classic 21 × 29.7 cmCompact 14.8 × 21 cmSquare 21 × 21 cm
- Pages
- 20 to 298
- Opens
- Like a magazine: the cover bends and the pages curve into the spine
Who softcover is for
Softcover is the lightest and lowest-priced of the three books. It suits trips you want in print without the weight of a hardback.
Weekends and city breaks
20 pages is enough for a long weekend in Paris or a few days in Lisbon. A softcover makes a short trip feel finished, without waiting for a big one.
A book for every trip
Slim (about 7 mm across the spine at 100 pages) and light, softcover books stack neatly and slip into a bag, so making one for every trip of the year stays simple.
Something to pass around
A flexible cover that bends open like a magazine makes it easy to leaf through at the table: the kind of book that gets handed round after dinner.
Want the book to stand up on a shelf for years? A hardcover has a hard cover and a thicker spine. Shooting wide panoramas? Layflat pages open completely flat. Hardcover photo books · Layflat photo books
The softcover up close
A flexible cover, a slim spine and pages that bend open like a magazine's: real printed pages, and the softcover on a sunlit desk.
The Italy scooter cover as a softcover, on an oak desk. Open, the pages bend into the spine like a magazine's. 
A flexible cover that bends back as you read. 
150gsm gloss pages, close up. California, in the same slim format.
Hardcover, layflat and softcover compared
Softcover trades the hard cover for lightness. Here is everything else that changes between the three books.
| Hardcover | SoftcoverThis book | Layflat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the studio | Hardcover | Magazine | Premium Layflat |
| Binding | Hardback, title on the spine | Soft, flexible cover | Layflat binding |
| Paper | 200gsm gloss | 150gsm gloss | 190gsm lustre |
| Pages | 24 to 298 | 20 to 298 | 18 to 120 |
| Sizes | Classic 21 × 29.7 cmCompact 14.8 × 21 cmSquare 21 × 21 cm | Classic 21 × 29.7 cmCompact 14.8 × 21 cmSquare 21 × 21 cm | Classic 29.7 × 21 cmSquare 21 × 21 cm |
| Spine at 100 pages | About 13 mm | About 7 mm | About 24 mm |
| How it opens | Like a classic book: the pages curve gently into the spine | Like a magazine: the cover bends and the pages curve into the spine | Completely flat, edge to edge across both pages |
| Best for | Long trips, gifts and a shelf of books | Weekends, city breaks and a book for every trip | Panoramas, landscapes and big spreads |
| Book price | From £28.49 | From £26.49 | From £41.98 |
Popular covers as a softcover
Twelve illustrated covers from our destination collections, each printed in portrait or square on a softcover. Open a collection to see every cover for that place.
RomeColosseum and cypresses
ValenciaOrange tree
ParisPoodle with red bow
CanadaMountain lake and islet
MykonosCat with a spritz
San DiegoPalms
TokyoTorii gate and petals
New YorkTaxi
MexicoCactus
HawaiiSea turtle
SicilyBlood orange spritz
TenerifeBanana leaves
More covers in each collection: Italy photo books, Spain photo books, France photo books, Canada photo books, Greece photo books, California photo books, Japan photo books, New York photo books, Mexico photo books, Hawaii photo books. Or put a whole year of trips in one book: year in review photo books.
What travellers say about TripMemo
Such a cool app!
This app is so fun. I love using it to store my memories! The books are so amazing!
Isabel hillGreat app!
Just added all my photos from Greece, it organised them … by day and made them look beautiful.
Flisstravels
Gave my trips a home
All my travel photos were a mess and lost in my camera roll... now my favourite memories and places are all nicely sorted into books on the app
Elliot.l1
Best travel journal app
I love being able to organise every trip into a digital travel book and share it privately with friends and family.
Concertlover22Perfect app to capture memories
TripMemo is hands down the best app for capturing the moments in life I never want to forget.
DhennyD
- Such a cool app!This app is so fun. I love using it to store my memories! The books are so amazing!Isabel hill
- Great app!Just added all my photos from Greece, it organised them … by day and made them look beautiful.Flisstravels
- Gave my trips a homeAll my travel photos were a mess and lost in my camera roll... now my favourite memories and places are all nicely sorted into books on the appElliot.l1
- Best travel journal appI love being able to organise every trip into a digital travel book and share it privately with friends and family.Concertlover22
- Perfect app to capture memoriesTripMemo is hands down the best app for capturing the moments in life I never want to forget.DhennyD
Softcover photo book questions
Why is it called Magazine in the studio?
Softcover and Magazine are the same book. The studio and the app call it Magazine because it is light, flexible and opens like one; softcover is the name most people search for.
How thin is a softcover photo book?
About 2 mm across the spine at 20 pages, 7 mm at 100 and 19 mm at the full 298. For comparison, a 100-page hardcover is about 13 mm.
How much does a softcover photo book cost?
It starts at £26.49 for a Compact 14.8 × 21 cm book with 20 pages, before delivery. More pages and the larger sizes cost more, and delivery is priced for your address at checkout.
Which sizes does softcover come in?
The same three as hardcover: Classic (21 × 29.7 cm), Compact (14.8 × 21 cm) and Square (21 × 21 cm). Every illustrated cover prints on all three.
What paper is a softcover printed on?
150gsm gloss photo paper: lighter than the hardcover's 200gsm gloss, which keeps the book slim and easy to bend open. Photos keep the same glossy finish as in a hardcover.
How few pages can a softcover have?
As few as 20, against 24 for a hardcover, so a weekend away makes a complete book. It goes up to 298, so a long trip fits too.
Can I put a photo on a softcover's cover?
Yes. Every cover style works on a softcover: Image, Editorial, Illustrated, Poster, Arch and Good days. Image puts a favourite photo edge to edge; Illustrated uses artwork drawn for your destination instead.
Can I see my book before I order?
Yes. The studio shows every page as it will print, and you can download a design proof before you pay.
How is delivery priced?
Every book is printed to order and sent tracked. Delivery is priced for your address at checkout, so you see the full cost before you pay.
Do you ship outside the UK?
Yes, we ship worldwide. Delivery is priced for your address at checkout, and every order is sent tracked.
Download the app
Make your photo book right here on the web, or in the TripMemo app on iPhone. The app does even more: it sorts your trip photos by day and place, and keeps all your trips together.
