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Listening to and working closely with our customers are core to Blurb’s values and success as a company, and that’s what we’d like to do with our new book survey. Feel like telling us your two cents? This 15-question survey is focused on learning what new book products you’d like to [...]
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December 29, 2008 – 4:08 pm
Getting Your Grey Matter Around Front Matter
September 29, 2008 – 4:36 pm
Nearly all books, whether they are photography, cookbooks, or text based, can be broken into three basic parts: Front Matter, Body, and Back Matter. Let’s take a minute and talk a bit about common book components to consider when creating your book.
Our jurors reviewed hundreds of books submitted to the Photography.Book.Now competition and one [...]
Join Us for Back-to-back Blurb Tutorials Tomorrow
September 8, 2008 – 10:53 am
Interested in a helpful walk-through of Blurb BookSmart or taking your bookmaking skills to the next level? This Tuesday we are offering two free online training webinars back-to-back. Sign up for one, or both, to become a bookmaking guru.
Our beginning session, the Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Book, will walk you through starting a [...]
NYC Event: Free Blurb & Maine Media Workshop at B&H Event Space
August 25, 2008 – 5:48 pm
Please note: Due to overwhelming demand the Wed, Sept 17 workshop at B&H Photo is fully booked. We have added an additional workshop the following day, Thurs, Sept 18 from 2:00-5:00 at the B&H Event Space. Sign-up Here.
If you cannot make this date, you also may want to check out our upcoming free back-to-back [...]
Tip — adding text over photos
July 24, 2008 – 3:00 pm
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 [...]
Your book … featured in CMYK Magazine
July 17, 2008 – 9:06 am
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 [...]
BookSmarter: Ten tricks to impress your friends and confound your enemies
July 3, 2008 – 3:47 pm
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 [...]
