Patent ID: 8024658

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying, in a first display area, a plurality of different selectable photo book themes that specify different photo book layouts for publishing a set of images to different physical photo books, at least one particular photo book theme specifying different designs for different pages of a photo book layout; displaying a plurality of selectable options for customizing attributes of a physical photo book, said attributes comprising a physical cover-type of the physical photo book; upon a first selection of the particular photo book theme and a selection of a set of attribute options, displaying a preview of the physical photo book that is based on the particular photo book theme and that has a set of attributes corresponding to the set of selected attribute options, said preview displayed in a second display area while simultaneously displaying the particular photo book theme in the first display area; upon a second selection of the particular photo book theme, displaying the photo book layout based on the particular photo book theme; editing the photo book layout according to a set of user input; and transmitting data regarding the photo book layout across the Internet in order to publish the physical photo book based on the photo book layout and the set of attribute options selected from the plurality of selectable options.