Monthly Archives: October 2011

Book of the Week: ‘Photography Going to the Dogs’

Photography Going to the Dogs by Libby Hall | Make Your Own Book This week’s Book of the Week proves that as a species we’ve been pretty nuts about photographing our pets since the advent of photography. Photography Going to the Dogs collects four out-of-print books of vintage pet portraits originally published by Bloomsbury. The photographs, [...]

Blurberati with Cameras: Minolta CLE with a Voitglander Nokton Classic f/1.4 40mm lens

Welcome back to #CameraThursdays, our weekly showcase of Blurb employees (affectionately known as the Blurberati) and their cameras. This week we’re back in analog-land with a camera from one of the guys responsible for Blurb’s unique look-and-feel. Camera: Minolta CLE with a Voitglander Nokton Classic f/1.4 40mm lens Employee: Ben Job: Director of User Experience “My [...]

Blurb launches in Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese

If it wasn’t so early in the morning in the United States, we’d be popping Champagne corks. Because today we’re happy to announce that Blurb has officially launched in four additional languages: Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese (adding to our English, French, and German sites). We’re pretty excited about it. This means not only translated sites, [...]

How ebooks change everything for photographers

“For me, the ebook opens up my work to a variety of people who might otherwise not be able to experience the story or project I’m working on. I see a marriage between print books and ebooks where both options work in tandem to provide the publisher with a variety of avenues to reach the [...]