How many pictures are on your cell phone? (My current count, 977.)

Now the more important question, what do you do with all of those pictures? Share them with friends and family online, and then let ‘em sit on your phone, right? Kind of seems like a waste doesn’t it? And what if you lost your phone?

I discovered a solution that is practical, easy to use, inexpensive and results in a bound book of printed photos — every month.

If you regularly take pictures with your cell phone, you need Groovebook.

Groovebook is a FREE app that allows you to choose up to 100 photos from your camera roll each month to have printed in a beautiful 4.5″ x 6.5″ photobook. Your photos are printed on glossy photo paper bound in a book that is perfect for flipping through just the way it is. But what makes Groovebook even more unique is that the pages are also perforated for easy removal. That means you can share, frame, decorate, scrapbook and more.

Sounds great, right? But how much? This is the part that shocked me, printed and bound books from Groovebook are FREE, all you pay is $2.99 shipping and processing! Yes, $2.99 for a book with up to 100 of you camera phone pictures shipped to you door!!!

(Seriously, how do they do that?!)

Plus the people at Groovebook know that once you try it you will be hooked (like me), so they are offering my readers their first book totally free – you don’t even have to pay shipping! To get your free book, all you have to do is enter the coupon code THESUBURBANGROOVE, and your first Groovebook will ship FREE!

So what’s the catch?

It’s not really a catch, but it is something you should know. Once you set up your Groovebook account, you will be billed $2.99 automatically each month for your monthly book. That’s $35.88 for a full year (12 books) of all of your camera phone pictures! You can cancel at any time, but once you see how awesome the book is, why would you?

This service is perfect for moms and dads like us who take a ton of camera phone pictures to share on Instagram. Or for those who participate in a project 365 or photo a day challenge. Now you can have all of those photos printed and bound with ease.

Sure, not all of my camera phone pictures are not all winners, but together they tell our story. And I don’t have to print them all if I don’t want to, I can pick and choose between 40-100 photos each month.

Once you get the app set up, it is super easy to use. One click and all of your photos are downloaded to the app, then just click on each of the pictures you would like included in your book. You can even order multiple copies of a photo to be printed in your book in case you want duplicates to share, frame, etc.

I LOVE this app!

Since I am an Instagram junkie, I decided to order my first book filled with all of my Instagram pics from the previous month. It is so awesome to have a print record of all those pictures that I carefully take of my daughter bound in a handy flipbook.

So all of you Shutterbugs, what are you waiting for. Download Groovebook now and transform your digital pics into hard-bound books to treasure. Don’t forget to use the coupon code THESUBURBANGROOVE to get your first book shipped free.

NOTE – Groovebook is available on iTunes and the Google Play Store, but it is not perfected on Android yet. I was unable to get it to work on my Galaxy S3 at this time, however, it is worth a try.

I was compensated for this post, however, all thoughts and opinions are my own.