Monthly Archives: May 2011

reCAPTCHAs make sense of books

May 26, 2011 – 11:09 am

If you enrolled in Blurb’s Set Your Price program to sell your book, you had to enter a CAPTCHA. We had to make sure you’re human. It’s nothing personal, just something websites do to prevent fake accounts from being created. CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart, a [...]

By Kent   Posted in Random Goodness   Comments (4)

Make a Father’s Day book and make the day great

May 25, 2011 – 4:00 pm

For most of us, Dad was one of childhood’s main characters. Blurb can help you make dad into the literary icon he deserves to be. Just put together some of your favorite photos of dad with any of our great bookmaking tools. If your dad was always behind the camera, think about writing a book [...]

By Kent   Posted in Inspiration   Comments (3)

The Blurb Mobile app for the iPhone:
Storytelling. To go.

May 25, 2011 – 6:00 am

At Blurb, our story has always been about books: beautiful, tactile creations you make on your computer. With the launch of Blurb Mobile we’re bringing you a new way to show, tell, and share your stories: on the street, in the park, at home or on your travels — anywhere you and your Apple iPhone [...]

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Yarn Bombing and Great Yarns by Blurbarians

May 24, 2011 – 2:54 pm

Yarn bombing, random acts of knitting – or what a recent New York Times article has called, “the softer side of graffiti”– has hit urban and rural landscapes across the globe. You’ll see it in potholes in Paris, on trees in Austin, Texas, on the streets of New York, and on the subway in Berlin [...]

By Eileen H.   Posted in Random Goodness   Comments (4)