How to Print Your Book as a Mixbook Hardcover
Mixbook makes 8.5 × 8.5 in square photo books, the exact size of your Starlit Kid book. Upload the page pictures, put one on each page, and order a hardcover.
- File to use
- Page pictures (ZIP)
- You get
- Hardcover or softcover
- Good for
- The closest match to a bookshop picture book
Step by step
- 1
Download the page pictures (ZIP) from your book page and unzip them on your computer.
- 2
On Mixbook, start a square photo book in the 8.5 × 8.5 in size and choose a blank theme.
- 3
Upload all the pictures. Mixbook treats full-page pictures as page backgrounds; our pictures already include the extra edge (bleed) it asks for.
- 4
Put 01.jpg on the cover, then one picture per page in order, each set as the full-page background.
- 5
Add pages until the book reaches Mixbook’s 20-page minimum, using family photos or blank pages after “The End”.
- 6
Preview the whole book, then order it as a hardcover or softcover.
Good to know
- Your book has about 14 pictures (cover, dedication, story pages and “The End”). Photo-book apps need at least 20 pages, so you’ll add a few: family photos of your child make a lovely ending.
- Mixbook lists its 8.5 × 8.5 in hardcover from $37.99 for 20 pages, with extra pages charged individually. Prices and sales change often.
- Keep important parts of each picture away from the very edge: printers trim a little when they cut the pages.
Sizes, prices and options are set by Mixbook and change; we checked them in November 2026. See Mixbook for current details. We’re not affiliated with Mixbook.
Questions
Can I upload the PDF to Mixbook?
No. Mixbook builds books from pictures, so use the page pictures ZIP from your download page. Each picture is one finished page with the story text already on it.