Monthly Archives: August 2006

Scheduled web downtime: Thurs 8:00 – 11:00 PM PST

Testing is behind us, the code is frozen, and we are on deck for the relaunch of Blurb.com this evening. During the migration we will suspend all online activities – everything from downloads, to uploads, to account creation, to general exploration. So how did we arrive at the 8:00 – 11:00 window? It’s simply a [...]

Web launch delayed

The bad news is that after two weeks of pounding on the new site a performance related issue surfaced hours before we had planned to deploy. The good news is it surfaced now and not a few hours after launch. We will know more tomorrow and will make a game-time go/no-go decision.

Book of the Week? Oui oui!

Some high school experiences are just too exciting, too special to be reduced to a couple of pages in a yearbook. Take a school trip to France. That’s the subject of our latest Book of the Week, France 2006: Paris, Loire Valley, Bretagne, Normandy, Cote d’Azur by Glenn C. Jones. Here’s the description: This 295 [...]

BookSmart Beta 1.3 released today

The email we sent today to registered Blurbarians says it all: Fellow Blurbarians, Thanks for sharing. Seriously. The number one request from our current beta has been to enable more font support for Blurb books. Second request – full bleed dust jackets. Third – better performance, please. Good news. All that and more is now [...]