This very cool Facebook application is perfect if you use Facebook to archive your photos. Photobooks make great gifts simply because nobody has prints anymore, let alone in a nicely bound book. HotPrints is offering a deal that lets you create a photo book for $2.99.
HotPrints just launched at a conference in Munich and is using a high-tech printing method which allows for high quality at a very low price. And the shipping? 75 cents! By focusing on Facebook, HotPrint is hoping they have hit the motherlode of already-tagged photos that are easily collected into a theme.
Printed Facebook Albums
HotPrints Photo Book is Comprised of Tagged Online Snaps
Trend Themes
1. Social Media Photobooks - Disrupt traditional printed photograph industry by offering personalized and social media integrated photobooks at lower cost and with higher convenience.
2. High-quality Low-cost Printing - Explore opportunities for producing high-quality printed materials that are affordable for a wider market using newer printing technologies.
3. Tagged Photo Printing - Offer photo printing services that allow users to easily pull tagged photos from social media accounts for printing and compilation into a photo album or book.
Industry Implications
1. Printing Industry - Printing industry players can explore opportunities to introduce high quality, low-cost printed products that cater to the demand for personalized and digitalized printed materials.
2. Social Media Industry - Social media platforms can collaborate with printing companies to create services that allow users to easily print their tagged photos into a physical book or album.
3. E-commerce Industry - E-commerce companies can create platforms that connect consumers with printing companies and offer personalized printing services for social media photos or other digital media.