August 4, 2008 – 11:42 am
As a former bookstore owner, I frequently had to fix, repair, and/or enhance some of the books that crossed my counter. Fixing and repairing books is not as hard as it sounds and will help when small problems arise. That said, if there are any problems with your Blurb book when you receive it, please [...]
You can resize your photos in BookSmart without pulling an Alice. In fact, we highly recommend that you do your resizing before you eat anything marked “Eat Me” … or drink anything at all.
There are three ways to resize your photos in BookSmart.
Use the Zoom/Crop tool:
1. In the main edit area, [...]
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 [...]
Using pictures to tell a story is hardly a new idea — witness the cave paintings at Lascaux, or Egyptian pictographs, or even GoFugYourself.
Telling complicated stories with pictures has grown easier and easier as technology advances, and with this handy article you can practically turn your digital photographs into a full-length novel.
But if you [...]
Choosing an image for your book cover may be a snap after yesterday’s blog post, but coming up with a brilliant, compelling title — and jacket copy to match — can be a real challenge. Of course, your title will probably be a direct offshoot of the theme of your book, but the time your [...]
While a great cover doesn’t make a great book, it does make a book that’s more likely to be opened. Hey, we spend about 2.5 seconds deciding whether or not to keep looking at a book — and 2.39 of those seconds are spent looking at the front cover. (Yes, I did make up those [...]
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 [...]
