Did you know you can set your own price on your books and you keep all the profit? Yep, it’s true. How it works is simple - make your book and order at least one copy. Enroll in the Set Your Price program (don’t worry, it’s free), and then decide how much profit you want [...]
Category Archives: How-To and Tips
Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Book Webinar
November 24, 2008 – 5:58 pm
We have one last webinar going on tomorrow morning (the 25th) at 11 a.m. PST to walk you through creating your Blurb book. We had nearly a thousand people join us for our last webinar series, so join the party tomorrow for some great tips and tricks on making your book.
Register here, and in case [...]
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 [...]
Tips – Care and maintenance of your Blurb books
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 [...]
Tip — changing photo sizes in BookSmart
July 28, 2008 – 4:45 pm
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, [...]
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 [...]
What’s the word?
July 21, 2008 – 4:52 pm
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 [...]
