<p>Some veteran Flickr users are calling for a rollback to the photo site's design days of yore, and the service has indeed offered up something suitable for the nostalgicjust maybe not what its critics wanted. What Flickr has rolled out are Photo Books, big glossy printed albums of, you guessed it, your Flickr photos.</p><p>Head of product Markus Spiering admits that Photo Books are a "very, very different approach" for Flickr, though he defends their appeal for casual users (think family photo albums) and pro users (think photo portfolios) alike. Either way, creating a Photo Book is dead simple and live on the site now.</p><p>Flickr's built-in tools, accurately described as "light editing controls" pull out related colors that complement your image's palette, auto detect faces for the purpose of centering a print and can pull automatically from users' existing sets, creating an insta-portfolio, if you're not the editing sort. According to Flickr's press release:Pick your favorite photo set, click on the Photo Book icon, and we'll automatically turn it into a beautiful book for you. In almost no time, you can turn your photos into something memorable, that we'll send it right to your doorstep (or to a lucky friend or family member.)Our focus with Flickr Photo Books is to make it simple and intuitive to create a book that always looks great and is beautifully finished. From the handpicked full-bleed layouts, to the heavy stock photo Lustre paper and the image-based cover with matching dust jacket, we know you're going to love your books.</p><p>To its credit, Flickr's emphasis on quality prints should offset some suspicion around the new product's ease of use and casual appeal. (Why is it that a contingent of users gets up in arms any time a product becomes easier to useahem, better designedanyway?)</p><p><a href="http://readwrite.com/2013/11/19/flickr-photo-books">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/flickr-unveils-new-hardcover-photo-books-holidays-2D11624342">Flickr unveils new hardcover photo books for the holidays</a> (NBCNews.com)</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/19/yahoos-flickr-resurgence-continues-with-handsome-photo-books-but-reliance-on-sets-could-stumble/">Yahoo's Flickr Resurgence Continues With Handsome Photo Books, But ...</a> (TechCrunch)</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5122820/flickr-can-now-turn-your-pictures-into-keepsakes-with-one-click-photo">Flickr can now turn your pictures into keepsakes with one-click photo books</a> (The Verge)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dioxkdSGVpFNrvMDuit1jXHA-6VlM&ned=us">28 additional articles.</a></p>
