If you’re an old hand at marketing your Blurb books, you probably know all about our promotional tools like Badges, Bookmark It, and turning on Book Preview.
But those really in the know make the most of their personal networks by using the Announce feature. With Announce, you can email anyone a personalized invitation to come [...]
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Announcing your book just got easier
August 14, 2008 – 3:33 pm
Announcing our new Book Preview
June 17, 2008 – 3:01 pm
It’s no secret that Blurb bookmakers love to show off their books, and we’re more than happy to help. Along with promotional tools like Announce, Bookmark It and Blurb Badges, Book Preview has always been a popular way to give people a sneak peek at your latest creation. The only drawback with our original PDF-based [...]
Now anyone can order your book within 15 days
May 20, 2008 – 3:46 pm
We never cease to be amazed at the innovative ways people use Blurb. Case in point: With the recent introductions of BlurbNation and Facebook GroupBook, we’re starting to see more and more titles being created by groups of people, rather than the classic model that features an individual author. Be it an organization’s annual portfolio, [...]
A new way to browse Blurb’s Bookstore
March 4, 2008 – 1:01 pm
Every day, a ton of new books show up in the Blurb Bookstore. If you’re not watching them stream in, it’s easy to miss some fascinating titles. So, we wanted to make that miss factor less of a factor.
To help you find your way through our diverse range of books, we offer categories, tags, popularity, [...]
Book Metrics for everyone
February 26, 2008 – 3:00 pm
Anyone enrolled in our Set Your Price program knows about a fun little widget called Metrics. Metrics includes graphs that show how many visitors viewed and purchased your books.
The feature has proven to be very popular – so popular that many authors not enrolled in Set Your Price requested access to these graphs. [...]
Fine-tuning the Blurb Forums
December 6, 2007 – 12:29 pm
Hard to believe, but four months have passed since we first launched the Blurb Forums. In that short amount of time, the conversation has really taken off. So much so, that we decided to add a few new sections to help our ever growing community continue to collaborate, share experiences, and help each other out.
By [...]
Add some flair to Facebook
September 18, 2007 – 6:20 pm
We’ve had quite a few requests from Blurb authors wanting to proudly promote their books on their Facebook profile. Rather than create yet another one-trick-pony Facebook application, here are two simple ways to promote your Blurb books on Facebook using existing tools.
Bookmark It
Though it doesn’t provide as much pizzaz, bookmarking your Blurb book [...]
