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Introduction to Documentary Photography

Introduction to Documentary Photography

Award-winning photographer and author Dan Milnor talks about what it takes to become a documentary photographer and how to stay the course while doing it. I love documentary photography and ...

11 Photography Mistakes and How to Overcome Them

11 Photography Mistakes and How to Overcome Them

A few simple tips can go a long way toward improving your photography skills. Check out Dan Milnor’s advice for avoiding common pitfalls behind the lens. Those of us who ...

Amara’s Yoga Dreams: Behind the Book with Denise Lyn Wilson

Ideas & Examples

Amara’s Yoga Dreams: Behind the Book with Denise Lyn Wilson

If someone told you about a book that combined beginner yoga poses with a tale of the creation of the universe, would you picture a children’s book? Denise Lyn ...

How to Market Yourself

Promoting & Marketing

How to Market Yourself

Undivided attention is the currency of our time. We live in an “Attention Economy”.That’s why, perhaps more so than at any other point in history, knowing how to market ...

Will Travel for Food: Behind the Book with McKenna Ganz

Ideas & Examples

Will Travel for Food: Behind the Book with McKenna Ganz

For McKenna Ganz, exploring new places and celebrating culinary traditions go hand in hand. Her taste for adventure and love of food inspired her to create a fabulous cookbook ...

The Out Mag: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Life in Ireland

Ideas & Examples

The Out Mag: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Life in Ireland

We've always believed in the power of sharing stories to bring individuals and communities together. So when we came across The Out Mag we couldn't wait to find out ...

Book-Making

How to write a poem

How to write a poem

What makes a poem?Nobody knows.They just agree:It isn’t prose. A poem can be almost anything. It can be an amorphous, scattershot stream of consciousness or a carefully structured narrative with ...

The history of print

The history of print

Every book is an achievement—the culmination of hard work to get new ideas on paper and out into the world. But the very existence of books represents a monumental ...

Path to Print: Choosing the Best Book Design Software

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 ...

Selling

What is a book dummy and how to make one: the ultimate guide

Self-Publishing

What is a book dummy and how to make one: the ultimate guide

Editor's note on language: In the book business, a "dummy" is a mock-up of a proposed publication. It is not in reference to any offensive term. How do you plan ...

Self-publishing vs. traditional publishing

Self-Publishing

Self-publishing vs. traditional publishing

Whether you’ve just written your first book or your hundredth, the first step towards publishing it is choosing how to go from manuscript to print. In today’s publishing landscape, ...

How to write a synopsis

Self-Publishing

How to write a synopsis

So you’ve got to write a synopsis. If you're unsure where to begin and struggling to get started, you're not alone. They’re not long, but, just like a novel, ...

Inspiration

Mixed: Behind the Book with Cameron Mouton

Ideas & Examples

Mixed: Behind the Book with Cameron Mouton

Reading Mixed is going on a journey of heartbreak and love, mental illness and joy, rage and tenderness. It's a vulnerable look at the experience of a woman of ...

Behind the Book: Knit Stitch: 50 Knit + Purl Patterns by Kristen McDonnell

Ideas & Examples

Behind the Book: Knit Stitch: 50 Knit + Purl Patterns by Kristen McDonnell

YouTuber and Blurb bestseller Kristen McDonnell shares her self-publishing success story and the many lessons she learned along the way. Your book Knit Stitch: 50 Knit + Purl Patterns has ...

Rohingyatographer Magazine: Behind the Zine with Sahat Zia Hero

Ideas & Examples

Rohingyatographer Magazine: Behind the Zine with Sahat Zia Hero

Sahat Zia Hero is the founder, editor, and photographer of Rohingyatographer Magazine, a new publication that showcases the work of photographers from the Rohingya community in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh—the ...

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