{"id":117,"date":"2026-10-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/?p=117"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:00:00","slug":"layflat-or-hardcover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/layflat-or-hardcover\/","title":{"rendered":"Layflat or hardcover: which photo book should you make?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both bindings give you a rigid, photo-wrapped cover. The difference is inside, and it decides how your pictures look across the middle of every spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Layflat: no lost centre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A layflat book opens to 180 degrees and the two pages meet without a curve. A photo can run straight across the middle, so panoramas, skylines and group shots stay whole. The paper is thicker, so layflat books have 24 to 80 pages and cost more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hardcover: the book to keep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A standard hardcover is case bound: the pages curve into the spine. Keep faces and horizons away from the centre fold and it looks excellent. It holds more pages for the price and stands upright on a shelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our rule of thumb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A wide landscape or a wedding: layflat.<\/li>\n\n<li>A story told in many small pictures: hardcover.<\/li>\n\n<li>A trip you want to hand to ten people: softcover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/product-category\/layflat-photo-books\/\">Browse layflat books<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pages that open flat against a rigid cover that stands on a shelf: what each binding is good at, and what it costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-book-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}