Hickory Books · Volume One
Connect your photos once. We find the moments that mattered, design a hardcover, and mail it to you — and your grandparents.
The promise
The best photo of your child this year is on a server you don't own, in a folder you'll never open. Hickory finds it, prints it, and puts it on your shelf — where your kids will pick it up in twenty years.
The book
Size
8.5 × 11 inches
Pages
100, full-bleed color
Cover
Linen-wrapped hardcover
Paper
Archival, decades-stable
Binding
Smyth-sewn, lay-flat ready
By Lulu Direct — 1.3M books / year
How
01
Google Photos, Dropbox, or one tap from your iPhone. Your library stays where it is — we only fetch what makes the book.
02
We score every photo: light, expression, composition, story arc. The bursts and screenshots disappear. The moments stay.
03
A week later, your book is ready to preview in the browser. Swap a photo, edit a caption, or just hit approve. Ships in 7–14 days.
For every milestone
Members make a book for whatever earns one — a wedding, a baby's first year, a trip, a pet's life, a memorial. One subscription, every milestone, every shelf.
The year
01 of 12 / 2026
The wedding
One day, in print
The first year
Month by month
The trip
As you remember it
Pricing
Same price either way. The membership adds a book every month, every specialty template, and a lifetime digital library of every book you've ever made.