1. Download the MyPublisher software: from mypublisher.com. It works great from a Mac or PC.

2. Open the MyPublisher program: Once it opens it will ask, “Would you like some help getting started?” Be sure to select “No, I want to make my book myself with CUSTOM PUBLISHER”. Click continue.

3. Choose Your Book Size: Select, ‘Classic Hardcover’. You will have the option to select the type of cover later. Give the project a name. Choose a Book Style: ‘Just Photos’ under select a book style, next. Then click continue.

4. Choose a Book Style: Then choose the style of cover you want. Continue.

5. Click “1. Get Photos”: from the bottom menu. Make sure your single-page jpegs are numbered in order. On a PC: Browse to your jpg images. Open the folder and select them all, including the cover image. Drag selected jpgs to the middle section of the window. On a Mac: Drag your folder of jpegs to the left window in MyPublisher. Then select all images and add them to the lower portion of this window.

6. Choose “2. Make Book”: the bottom menu. Drag your single page JPEGs to the book with the correct order. Click First Page in the bottom Right to make the custom spine.

7. Continue this process: until all pages are added from to your book. You may have to click Add Page, at the end, to have enough pages to accommodate all your jpegs. When you add your last Professional page, the page on the right will be blank because it is the inside cover of the back of your book.

8. Change it to All Page View at the lower left to make sure there are no blank pages.

9. Choose “3. Preview”: from the bottom menu. Check through all your pages to make sure the spreads line up properly. If you find changes that need to be made, go back to ‘2. Make Book.’ You will be able to add your spine text here, by clicking the view arrows until you get to the spine view.  Add a title here.  To change the background color of the spine:Click page layout (bottom menu) and then click “background color.”  To match the color with your book click the slider option (top menu) click the drop down menu (displaying grayscale) and choose RGB.  Then you can type in the RGB numbers to match your book perfectly.

10. Choose “4. Purchase”: from the bottom menu. Here you will choose other details and options for your book. Not all the additional prices. If you have a coupon code you may enter it when asked, or the Costco discount will show up when you get the final price.