Hickory for Studios
Upload the final gallery. Our AI designs every page in minutes. Your client approves from a link. We print and ship — with your studio's name inside.
The math on album design
Every album is an evening you don't get back, or a design bill that eats the margin. Hickory does the first draft in minutes — you review it, not build it. The hours go back to shooting and booking.
5–10 hrs
Hand-designing one album
$144
Typical outsourced design fee
Minutes
A first draft in Hickory
Books you can sell tomorrow
This isn't a swap for your flush-mount flagship. It's the companion books you rarely have time to make — the ones clients ask for and you decline.
Two extra copies for the mothers, designed once, printed twice.
A small hardcover from the shoot before the wedding book lands.
A pre-wedding keepsake for signatures and favorite frames.
A thank-you hardcover that keeps your studio on the shelf.
How it works
01
Drop in the final client gallery. Hickory reads every frame and designs the pages — cover to close — in minutes, not evenings.
02
Send your client a link. They review the whole book, swap a photo, and approve — no back-and-forth email threads, no proofing calls.
03
We print and mail straight to the client, with your studio's name inside. Nothing points back to us. You never touch a box.
Straight talk on the book
Every Hickory book is a press-printed 8.5×11 casewrap hardcover on archival paper. It's genuinely beautiful — and it's a companion book, not a lay-flat flush-mount. We won't pretend otherwise. Keep your flagship album where it belongs; let Hickory cover everything around it.
Size
8.5 × 11 inches
Cover
Casewrap hardcover
Premium press, archival paper
Best for
Companion & gift books
Studio beta
Tell us your studio name and roughly how many books a month you'd make. We'll set you up by hand.