Lately, we’ve noticed several Web-savvy Blurbarians proudly promoting their books on their own sites and blogs in many clever, eye-catching ways. And that got us thinking: what about those new book authors who don’t have the HTML skills, artistic chops or time to handcraft a flashy promo, but still want to brag about their books? [...]
March 30, 2007 – 10:43 am
Our first podcast introduced you to Allie Davis, the 12-year-old poet and published author of the book, Have You Seen A Monkey Fly. This week we go back 107 years before Allie was born and discover Stan Blakeslee. In our fourth Blurb podcast, blogger and businessman David Allen Ibsen reads from Morning Comes Again, a [...]
March 29, 2007 – 11:03 am
We’re back from Las Vegas where Bruce, Mugs, Dave and I showed Blurb books to wedding and portrait photographers at WPPI. We heard a lot of great ideas on using Blurb books as wedding albums, guest books, engagement photo books, proof books, and leave-behinds for vendors. The professional photographers were excited by the ability to [...]
TechSoup, the digital place for nonprofits, is hosting an open forum discussion called “Digital Storytelling: Using technology to create and share powerful stories.” Susan Tenby of netsquared.com posted a great description of what kind of topics they’re covering. So if you want to find out more about digital storytelling, the importance of storytelling, and the [...]
