Genres
The album is the same object for every job. The work around it is not.
What changes between genres is the story, the number of photographs, who picks the book up and when the client decides. Start from the kind of work you do.
Wedding
A professional already took out everything weak, so the album is the edit that nobody else can make.
Family and portrait
Everything is already digital and already on two phones. Getting it down to one album is the whole job.
Newborn and maternity
A short session, a baby that changes in a week, and parents who will want to hold the book.
Graduation and senior
The only person with photographs of the last four years is the graduate, and the date is not negotiable.
Event and corporate
Several stakeholders, one set of photographs, and a book that has to be signed off.