Photos are an important part of family cookbooks. Here are some specifications that must be adhered to if your photo is going to be uploaded to familycookbookproject.com.

Images MUST be in JPG format to be used in your cookbook. GIFs, HEIC and BMPs will not import correctly.

Your images should be 150-300dpi resolution – or they may seem pixilated in printing.

Full page with Bleed Custom Covers and must be sized at 6″x9″ with 4.75″x7.75″ active content or 1800 x 2700 pixels

Dividers must be sized at 5.75″x8.75″ with 4.75″x7.75″ active content or 1725 x 2625 pixels

Full page non-bleed Dividers and other images must be sized at 5.5″x8.5″ with 4.75″x7.75″ active content or 1650 x 2550 pixels

For other images to upload, size your image to a maximum of:
Full Page:  1650w or 2550h
75%:  1237w or 1912h
50%:  825w or 1275h

You may have to try different size options on your picture for best look.  Choose a smaller option at first, 25-40%.  Save and then view your book.

Also, do NOT upload files of the following type — they will not work: .doc, .pps, .ppt, .txt, .html

Bill Rice is Founder and Co-Publisher of the Family Cookbook Project, the leading online cookbook publisher with a website that helps families and individuals collect, preserve and share food memories by creating their own printed custom cookbooks. He is the author of The Wellfleet Oyster Cookbook and the Cape Cod Cocktail Cookbook (Available on Amazon), both created using FamilyCookbookProject.com. He is also editor of the Donovan Family Cookbook, now it’s third printing and is an avid genealogist tracing his family back to the 1600’s.

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