<table> </table> Old-school scrapbooking can be messy and time-consuming.</p><p>This year, try uploading the best of your digital Thanksgiving Day pics and produce a photo book online instead. Even if you&#8217;re a newbie, you can create a keepsake that looks like a professionally made coffee table book.</p><p>Online templates make it easy to add captions, colorful backgrounds and accents, but some of the most beautiful books feature only photographs. Twenty-page softcover books, on average, start at about $30; hardcover books start at $40. Warning: prices go up fast if you add pages.</p><p>Go to these sites and click on &#8220;photo books&#8221;:</p><p><strong>&#8226;Blurb.com</strong>. The best are the blog books, where you can combine blog entries with photos to create a cool book.</p><p><strong>&#8226;Creativememories.com</strong>. The templates are easy to use, but before you create, you have to go through a consultant (there&#8217;s a &#8220;find a consultant&#8221; link on the site).</p><p><strong>&#8226;Kolo.com</strong>. The customized photo books resemble the company&#8217;s stylish albums.</p><p><strong>&#8226;Mypublisher.com</strong>. The Just Photos and Storyteller book styles are best, but also check out the Collage, Modern and Vintage styles.</p><p><strong>&#8226;Photoworks.com</strong>. The square-shaped books are hip.</p><p><strong>&#8226;Picaboo.com</strong>. Designs look like what you&#8217;d find in a traditional scrapbooking store.</p><p><strong>&#8226;Qoop.com</strong>. The mini photo books are great &#8212; easily portable at 3 3/4 -by-2 1/4 inches. And the price is right, starting at $4.</p><p><strong>&#8226;Shutterfly.com</strong>. The Martha Stewart photo books have places for pictures and recipes, perfect for Thanksgiving.