Photobooks (写真集, shashinshū^?), originating from Japan, are magazine-like books containing glossy photos of currently popular Japanese idols. Photobooks produced are usually of female celebrities, though some are of male subjects but these are usually less glamorous. Photobooks feature a variety of types including gravure, concert photos or fashion. Some photobooks can be very innocent and playful, yet others can be completely adult in nature. They can contain as few as 15 or as many as 120 photos. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Gravure idol ) is a special category of Japanese bikini model, and many of them are famous for having large breasts. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 Kasia Kowalska concert in Warsaw A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ... Fashion illustration by George Barbier of a gown by Jeanne Paquin, 1912, from La Gazette du bon ton, the most influential fashion magazine of its era. ...

Unique and stylish names are given to them to distinguish the different editions. They are very popular with fans, as it a good source of high quality photos of a popular celebrity. Many times, an idol who is also a musician will release a small photobook with an album or single release.

Photobooks are available for purchase at many Asian online stores and in Japanese bookstores. They can also be found in certain bookstores in America that supply Japanese products.

It is not unusual of Hello! Project and Morning Musume members to produce many books, as they work with attractive young women that easily shoot to idol status. Hello! Projects logo Hello! Project ) is the umbrella name for all-female idol Japanese pop recording artists collective that is under contract of the Up-Front Group. ... It has been suggested that Members of Morning Musume be merged into this article or section. ...

Photobooks as successor to photo albums

Storing digital images in traditional photo albums means printed copies and the pages of an album. With photobooks, a real book with its own images and texts can be created. The resulting book is printed on digital color printers and bound.

Professional printing and binding services offer free software for easy creation of photobooks with professional layouts and individual layout capabilities. Because of the integrated design and order workflow, hardcover bound books with customized pictures and text can be produced very cost-effectively. (One of the first German photobook producers is Fotobuch.)

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Online photobook software

• Custom Photo Books handmade traditional skills alternative.
• Digital Album Resource From design to print, these photobooks are sold to professional photographers and the public alike.
• DigityPix is 'the' service that designs the book for you to build a library of your life from digital pictures: Custom photobooks, greeting cards, DVD movies, and digital photo gifts.
• FotoInsight provides photobook software in several languages which allows free positioning and layering of photographs and TrueType font text. 102 different photobooks by cover, size and format.
• Hofmann, software in three languages, one size (20cm x 29cm), from 50 to 70 pages.
• My Photo Fun Software available in five languages, three sizes (small: 16cm x 12cm, medium: 24cm x 16cm, landscape: 33cm x 24 cm), from 30 to 120 pages.
• MyPublisher is a photobook service that offers superior quality photobooks used by some world class photographers to showcase their work. Many different layouts, colors, covers, and fonts are available.
• MyReflections A quick and easy software, based in Australia. Photobooks available in multiple sizes and colours, with both hardcover and wire-bound layflat styles.
• PhotoMotley Free online tools for Custom PhotoBooks & Photo DVDs. Album themes, quick automatic layouts and smart grouping plus advanced touch-up options to satisfy novice user as well as seasoned professional. Finished albums can be purchased in multiple sizes ranging from 6 x 8 to 8.5 x 11 professionally bound in soft or hard (leather, suede or linen) covers.
• Printing-1 offers free photobook software for Mac and Windows. Photo books can be resized during the design process and be printed and bound with up to 144 pages.
• Shutterfly is an alternative choice for making a photobook.
• Tes Photos Software available in seven languages, three sizes (small: 16,5cm x 23cm, medium: 24,5cm x 32cm, large: 39cm x 33 cm), from 30 to 120 pages. Printing on glossy 250g paper.