Monthly Archives: March 2009

Vote for Blurb!

We’ve been nominated for cnet’s Webware 100 Award for Social Networking & Publishing, which honors the people’s choice for the best Web 2.0 apps and services. Help us win by voting for us here through the month of April! Learn more about the Webware awards by checking out the Webware blog.

A Stroke of Genius

(paintings by Holly Farrell)
Books can be inspiring in a multitude of ways, but there’s something particularly cool about using books as objects for inspiration. We’ve been seeing more and more paintings of books on shelves and are pretty smitten with them. What books would you want painted to adorn your walls?

(painting by Victoria Reichelt)

Photography.Book.Now Jurors Announced!

Photography.Book.Now has been live for almost a month now, and we’ve seen some pretty amazing entries already come through the door. We’ve also been hard at work making sure we have another brilliant group of folks to select our winners in 2009 and it’s time for the big reveal!
Head Judge:
Darius Himes – Radius Books
Judges:
Dana [...]

What a Novel Idea!

Ever wonder how you could display your favorite book covers without setting up your bookshelves like a bookstore? Check out the Totally Novel Picturebook Frame that lets you display your favorite works! Get your own here.

Celebrating a Very Hungry Caterpillar

Today Google changed the logo on their homepage to honor the 40th anniversary of the children’s book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Published in 1969, the book still sells one copy every 30 seconds around the world and has been published in 47 languages!

Taking 5 with the Kitchen Sisters!

We’ve been lucky enough to hang out with the Kitchen Sisters here in Austin during SXSW as they promote their new Blurb book “Hidden Kitchens: Texas.” It’s been received with great applause and it’s given the Blurb crew some good ideas on where to eat in Austin! This morning the Kitchen Sisters were interviewed on [...]

P-Hook Bookmark

These are a great way to quickly find the pages you access the most in your favorite books or magazines without having to dig through your bookshelves. Get your own here.