# 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.

- **Result:** Hardcover or softcover
- **Good for:** The closest match to a bookshop picture book

## Steps

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.

## Tips

- 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.

## 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.

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Starlit Kid · https://starlitkid.com · Free preview, then $14.99 per book (digital PDF, no shipping). Full guide: https://starlitkid.com/llms-full.txt