August 25, 2008 – 5:48 pm
A heads up to NYC area Blurbarians. On Wednesday, September 17th I’ll be leading a workshop at B&H Photo’s event space in Manhattan. Join me, VP of Design and founding employee, and Mat Thorne from Maine Media Workshops for a “Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Own Commercial Quality Books.”
I think both new and seasoned [...]
Using text over a photo or illustration can add real impact to your book. The BookSmart designers have provided several layouts that make it easy to add this design element — the hardest part may be finding the perfect image to go with that quote from your favorite 80’s movie.
Chapter titles and [...]
CMYK is a design magazine that highlights emerging artists and aspiring creatives. Their newsletter caught my eye today with the headline –
“Have you self-published your own book? CMYK Magazine would like to hear your story for possible inclusion in a future issue.”
Well, what do you know? We have a whole community of visual communicators (that’s [...]
It may depend on who your friends (or enemies) are … but at any rate, here are a few tricks and tips on using BookSmart for smoother and more powerful bookmaking.
Drag and Drop Images from Your Desktop
While it may be easier to import a whole set of images at once using the Get Photos [...]
We’ve pulled together all of our “How to” video tutorials and bookmaking tips into a single, action-packed location. The new Tutorials and Events page can be found under the Help section of our web site. This page includes all of our video tutorials, such as our Getting Started video, and lists our upcoming free webinar, [...]
Paul Rand is one of the most renowned American graphic designers, and is best known for his posters and corporate identities including logos for IBM, UPS and ABC. In the late 1950s and 1960s, Rand also designed many beautiful and influential book jacket covers. Steven Heller, a prolific graphic design author and critic, gives [...]
Just over three years ago I was lucky enough to join Blurb as one of the founding employees. Thanks to your passion for books and for Blurb, we’ve grown, won a bunch of cool accolades, and the best part is that every day we get to work on products and services we dig. We first [...]
