“I've been a yearbook advisor for 30 years now. I've spent most of that time with the "legacy" companies for the publication of our yearbooks. For many reasons, I will never go back!! I always hated how they would make you pre-determine your order total in February. The year is barely even 2/3 of the way over and you have to guess how many books you're going to sell. Maybe that works for some schools, but it was always a guessing game for my school. Guessing wrong meant unhappy parents if you under bought. But more often than not, you would overestimate how many books you would need and have to worry about just breaking even, and then storing all of your unsold books. What a hassle!! No more. Since we switched to Picaboo Yearbooks, all of those concerns have gone away. They print how many books we sell. Then, they cut us a check for any profit if we so choose. They handle all of the money which again, eliminated one of the major hassles of producing a yearbook. Oh, and the turnaround on printing is weeks, not months, which allows us to cover more of the school year. Switching from the legacy companies initially gave me pause as quality was always a major concern of mine. The legacy companies are good at print quality, they've been printing books for decades. As a photography teacher, I would train my staff in good photography and we would create a beautiful book. I didn't want the quality of the book to suffer just because we switched to a new technology. After getting our first book with Picaboo, that concern was put to rest. Their print quality exceeded my expectations. Finally, cost with the legacy companies became a major issue. Their product essentially became unaffordable for our average student. When I was having to sell my books at $80 just to break even, something had to give. I made the switch and no looking back. If you're thinking of switching I don't see any reason why you shouldn't. I know, we get very used to the reps that we have. Some were like family. But in the end, it's your job to create a good quality book that students can afford. Now don't get me wrong, I do have a customer service rep that will help me anytime I pick up the phone or email. And honestly, his help has been invaluable whenever issues would pop up. They just aren't going to pop into your room unannounced and do a song and dance for the kids. Oh, and did I mention that once printed, they simply ship the book directly to the student's house? No more yearbook distributions!!! And no more having to give up my time before school, lunch times, and after school hours to try to move out the remaining unsold books. It's for these reasons and more that I made the switch. You should too!!”

— Johnny S., Hoover High School