So, the book arrived yesterday. I love it! The pages are very high quality and the color is quite good and acurate. To be critical, the images seem just slightly darker than I expected based on trial prints, but to be fair it's less so than with vacation type photobooks ordered from other sites (Snapfish).
The paper is professional quality, and the binding is too.
The real gem, however, is the dust jacket. Hardcover is DEFINITELY the way to go for the excellent quality dust jacket. It really makes the whole book seem pro-quality rather than an amateur vacation photobook. I'll certainly use this for future projects.