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Sophisticated
Support for text and images - books up to 440 pages
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Customizable
Choose from pre-designed layouts - or create and save your own
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Flexible
Use any of your fonts, choose from a library of borders and themes.
Download Blurb BookSmart®, our free bookmaking software, and unleash your creative genius. Loads of pre-designed and customizable layouts, a huge selection of fonts, and all the tools you need to make sophisticated books, weekly planners and notebooks. And now you can turn any book made with BookSmart into a beautiful ebook for the iPad®, iPhone®, or iPod touch®. See how easy it is it is to use BookSmart.
Features Overview
Powerful Bookmaking Software
- Downloadable software allows you to work offline
- Up to 440 pages (240 pages when using Premium or ProLine papers)
- Up to 15MB JPEG, GIF, and PNG images supported
- Great for text, graphics, and photos
- Works on Mac and PC
Import Photos, Blogs, and Documents
- Flow text into the pages of your photo book
- Online photo integration with Flickr®, SmugMug, Picasa™, and Photobucket
- Slurp your Blogger, WordPress.com, TypePad, or LiveJournal blog into a book
- Flow photos from Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® into your book with our free plug-in
Share and Promote
- Use Blurb BookShow™ to let friends and fans flip through your book on your blog, website, or Facebook page
Customization and Control
- Use nearly any font on your computer
- Create your own templates or customize pre-designed ones
- Add borders, ornaments, and backgrounds
- Overlay images with text
- Change your book’s size with a click
Create and Save Your Own Layouts
- New layout tool for two-page spreads
- Handy grid makes alignment easy
- Aspect ratio locking: Keeps images in proportion
Pro Support
- BookSmart supports all Blurb ProLine printing and binding options
- Use BookSmart with our advanced color management tools to control image fidelity
Resources
Take a two-minute tour of BookSmart
Getting Started with BookSmart
- Step-by-step guide to creating your book
- BookSmart design tips and techniques
- 10 tricks to impress your friends
- Create a full bleed across two pages
- Import your custom designs into BookSmart
Top FAQs
- What is the best resolution for images in my book?
- Can I build my own book templates and layouts?
- What if I want a different page layout?
- What do the little yellow warning icons mean?
- How do I resize a photo to fit in an image frame?
Support
System Requirements for BookSmart 3.2
Current version released: October 13, 2011
Macintosh
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Memory: 512 MB minimum, 1 GB or more recommended (especially for PPC Macs)
Processor: 1.5 GHz G4 minimum, 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo or faster recommended
Download Size: 53 MB
Disk space to install application: 67 MB
Open disk space required to run BookSmart: 500 MB
Disk Space per Average Book: 100 MB
Screen Resolution: 1024x768 minimum, 1600x1200 preferred
Windows
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7
Memory: 512 MB minimum, 1 GB or more recommended
Processor: 1.3 GHz minimum, 2 GHz or faster recommended
Download Size: 45 MB
Disk space required to install application: 140 MB
Open disk space required to run BookSmart: 500 MB
Disk Space per Average Book: 100 MB
Screen Resolution: 1024x768 minimum, 1600x1200 preferred
