Planning & Creating

This blog series is designed to provide some basic book design ideas for your books, magazines, or ebooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not ...

Editor's note: This blog post was originally published on October 4, 1028. It was last updated on August 12, 2024, to reflect the current features and capabilities of Blurb's ...

The key to completing any book is breaking it into smaller, manageable parts, and then scheduling the work on those smaller parts. Self-publishing a book is no different. When ...

This blog series is designed to provide some basic book design ideas for your books, magazines, or ebooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not ...

Have you ever said, “I’d really like to self-publish a children’s book”? Do you find yourself saying it over and over again, while still not starting? We get it. ...

This blog series is designed to provide some basic book layout ideas for your books, magazines, or eBooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not meant ...

The children’s book you create may be the one that starts a young person on his or her lifelong love affair with books. The best children’s books have a ...

The film vs digital debate has been raging for at least the past decade. There is no clear winner, other than all of us photographers, because we currently have ...

This blog series is designed to provide some basic book design ideas for your books, magazines, or ebooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not ...

As our printing technology has gotten better, it’s easy to take color and color accuracy for granted. It seems that with one click of a button the images we ...

Children’s books are unique in that they require expert storytelling, illustration skills, and a keen focus on the audience before the story is even crafted. Whereas novels and memoirs, usually ...

If you’re working on a self-publishing project, you’re probably not one for following other people’s rules. Choosing your own path and establishing your own style is a must for ...

No two self-publishing projects are alike, but regardless of what you're creating, there are key milestones that apply to all. Having a checklist and a plan in place can ...

The magazine is hardly a new format, but it is one that is often overlooked. Much has changed over the years, and the possibilities of magazines are endless. Once ...

Cookbooks inspire us, teach us, and ultimately feed us. Why not record your culinary masterpieces or your no-fail weeknight dinner in a bound book? A cookbook can be a ...

Kickstarter, Blurb, and Reedsy teamed up to offer an exclusive webinar on visual book publishing. Learn how to crowdfund your project, produce a beautiful book, and sell it to ...

This post is brought to you by one of our fav Instagram mamas, Meg Miles. She is the owner of MOMSTRONG, a community about creating confident, healthy, and strong ...

Is there a new hobby or project that you have been meaning to start but haven’t? Maybe it’s practicing yoga, learning to cook Japanese food, or writing your first ...

As visual creatives, we have to write so much more often than we’d like. From blog posts to book introductions, to bios, to artist profiles, the writing is often ...

With Thanksgiving approaching, you’re probably thinking about recipes or reservations or relatives—maybe all three. All of these are fine traditions, but if your Thanksgiving plans do involve going home ...

You don’t need to be a pro to make a beautiful book! Just follow these 5 easy steps and you’ll be finished before you know it. 1. Choose a format ...