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Photo Submission Do’s and Don’ts
Here are some tips on how to best photograph yourself and your book when submitting images to Blurb! This allows our creative team to best showcase your work across ...
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How to calibrate your monitor for photo editing
Have you ever noticed that the colors on your monitor look different from those in a printed photo or book? This discrepancy can be upsetting, especially when you've spent ...
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Path to print: choosing the best book design software
When you set out to make a book, you’ll use many tools—from cameras and keyboards to notebooks and sheer creativity. But, when it’s time to make the book out ...
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BookWright tips, features, and tricks you should be using
Maybe you’ve used Blurb’s free bookmaking software BookWright before. Maybe it’s your first time. Maybe you're a BookWright pro, ready to judge us if your favorite hack isn't mentioned. ...
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Quiz: Which Design Tool Are You?
You’ve gathered all the essential photos, stories, and illustrations to create your next book. Now comes a crucial and exciting decision for every book-maker: Which book-making tool is right ...
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4 Shapes: A circle, a square, and a triangle walk into a bar
As a designer, I’m madly in love with shapes. My first introduction to shapes as a grander-than-life concept was probably as a 7-year-old, while watching Disney’s 1979’s film Donald ...
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10 essential book illustration tools
From ancient cave paintings to beloved children’s books, illustration has long been one of the world’s most popular ways of communicating ideas. And while some illustrated works have been ...
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How to Take Better Photos
Let’s face it, for those of us consumed by both the idea and practice of photography, we find ourselves in a constant struggle to improve. There seems to be ...
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NEW Adobe Lightroom CC Updates Mean Big Things for Books
Adobe Lightroom is the standard in photo management and photo editing. But it also includes a module for putting your photos into a bookstore-quality book. One of the coolest ...
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Our Favorite Free Resources for Designers
Good design doesn’t have to start from scratch. There are a ton of resources out there to help you get started—some of which are totally free! We’ve put together ...
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How to Make a Book: Choosing the Right Tool
One of the most common questions we get asked is 'which tool should I use to make my book?'. Although Blurb has many options to choose from, making the decision ...
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Gifts for the Photographers You Love
One of the best gifts you can give someone is the encouragement in their creative passion. Few things are more encouraging for an artist—or more gratifying—than seeing your work ...
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What Makes a Great Layout? Design Pros Weigh In
Ok. You have all your photographs; you’ve even written some text to go with them. But how do you place it on the page? How do you get that ...
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Jared Platt: Your Photos are Worth More Than a Facebook “like”
In order to help you understand the concept of the proof book better, and for those who are not professionals and want to learn how to make a beautiful ...
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Making use of Blurb and MagCloud formats
With the publication of ESSAY, an eclectic series of short photo essays, professional photographer Dan Milnor shows how rewarding and enlightening it is to work with multiple format options when self-publishing. ESSAY ...
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BookWright: The Shapes Tool
As a designer, I’m madly in love with shapes. My first introduction to shapes as a larger-than-life concept was probably as a 7-year-old while watching Disney’s 1979’s film Donald ...
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Three Books You Can Make on Your Phone
Have you ever heard the saying: the best camera is the one you have on you? It’s true, and for many of us, that’s our phone. It houses photos ...
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BookWright features roundup: layouts
BookWright has several features that will improve your book-making experience and we're always making updates. To check for updates, all you need to do is restart the BookWright application ...
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Blurb for iPhone and iPad: Thinking Beyond Photos
When our product team first did the demo for Blurb for iPhone & iPad, my first thought was, “hey, that’s a slick little way to make a quick photo ...
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How To Make a Halloween Book in One Day
Happy Halloween, guys and ghouls! I don’t know about you, but I LOVE Halloween. Not only is it my favorite holiday of the year, but it also happens to ...
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Now Make a Book From Your iPad or iPhone
We’re so excited to announce the launch of our free mobile app, Blurb for iPhone and iPad!
Here are some highlights:
Make a book in minutes. Pull photos directly from ...
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Design across the cover with Blurb BookWright
I’m super excited to announce a little feature enhancement to Blurb BookWright: It’s been long in coming, but I think will be welcome… ready?
You can now create a single ...
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Introducing PDF to Book Updates
Today we’re excited to share the newest iteration of our PDF to Book creation tool, making it easier (and faster) than ever to make a book from a pre-existing ...
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How to Make a Travel Photo Book Using Lightroom
You’ve roared through the trees tops on a zip line, tasted the salty sea riding waves, and indulged in an amazing meal—and that was your first day! You have ...