A picture is worth a thousand words, which is why most political speeches are now just slide shows featuring American flags, Thomas Jefferson, and baseball players buying apple pies in free-market exchanges. Conserve words in your own way with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $50 worth of keepsake photo books from Inkubook.

Cementing photo albums' place in the digital age, Inkubook preserves precious pictures and the memories they trigger through premium personalized photo books printed on high-quality paper. Each image-heavy tome is designed by customers from the comfort of their own computer keyboards, using an intuitive digital interface and a bevy of layouts, styles, colors, and designs to efficiently marry photos and self-written text in a small but tasteful ceremony. Book prices vary depending on style, number of pages, and type of cover, and can range anywhere from $9.95 to $89.95. Collaborative creators may invite their friends to submit material directly to their web-based book, cutting out the hassle of humongous email attachments and copious digital high-fiving. Once finished, Inkubook prints each compendium's pages on 100 lb. archival-quality silk paper that, like a student equipped with a digital watch, is designed to stand the test of time. The book is then shipped to the location of the designer's choice, where it can be proudly displayed on a coffee table, fireplace mantel, or living-room pedestal.