December 15, 2006 – 6:02 pm
Sam Javanrouh’s photoblog Daily Dose of Imagery has already garnered a dedicated fan base and a heap of awards and honors. So it’s no surprise that his first book is also getting plenty of buzz. But even Sam’s been taken off guard by the overwhelming response.
The gorgeous 40-page “Daily Dose of Imagery Collection, Volume 1″ [...]
December 14, 2006 – 6:09 pm
After seeing BoingBoing’s link today to a hilarious Flickr pool of people using the new Nintendo Wii, I was curious whether any Blurb authors had posted photos of their books. After all, seeing your work in print for the first time can feel a lot like getting the top score in Bust-A-Move Bash. Only less [...]
October 6, 2006 – 7:22 pm
Recently Wired News reporter Ryan Singel agreed to have an article about Wikipedia edited by Wikipedians rather than his editor. 348 edits later …
Why did he do it? As he explained in his follow-up story:
Stealing a line from Dan Gillmor, I agreed because I’ve learned over the last four years of writing for Wired [...]
September 29, 2006 – 4:51 pm
MFA candidates spend months fretting over their MFA thesis shows–not just what pieces to include, but which frames to use, who to invite, how many appetizers to serve. And then, before you can say “pass the two-buck Chuck,” the party’s over and the exhibition packed up.
Painter Matthew Ballou had a better idea. He made a [...]
September 25, 2006 – 10:22 am
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird: these are just some of the great books that are frequently banned from schools and libraries. To raise awareness about the efforts of a few to keep the rest of us from enjoying [...]
September 21, 2006 – 4:32 pm
Trend alert! Earlier this week, we posted a review on SheFindsMom.com suggesting that busy parents ditch the “glitter or puffy paint” and use Blurb to make their baby book. Then today I stumbled across this article in the New York Times about how more and more scrapbookers are ditching the scissors and paper for the [...]
September 20, 2006 – 11:23 am
Categories. Tags. These are just some of the features we recently added to the Blurb Bookstore to make it easier for readers to find and buy your books. Apparently the New York Times is getting into the category act as well, adding to its growing stock of bestseller lists one exclusively devoted to political books. [...]
