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All About Digital Publishing
Digital publishing is great news for creative people. Never before has it been easier to create and distribute your ideas. With more people relying on their phones and tech ...
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How Much Does it Really Cost to Self-Publish a Book?
Welcome to the world of indie publishing! Whether you’ve finished a book or you’re considering getting your ideas into the world, there are so many exciting opportunities. There are ...
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Passion for Fashion—A Peek Inside The Collecteur’s New Book
We came across One Shoe, Two Shoe, Red Shoe, Blue Shoe in the Blurb offices and fell in love. The vibrant colors, the gorgeous photos, and the passion for ...
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How to Stand Out as a Creative
It seems that more and more people are entering the creative fields. On the surface, this is a great thing. It means new perspectives, new ideas, and more opportunities ...
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Behind the Book with Daniel Velasco
Fashion ABC is both a tribute to the work and talent of pioneers of the fashion industry and a design piece in its own right, marrying hand-drawn illustrations with ...
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Layflat Visions from Graphic Designer Jarrod Bryan
For graphic designer Jarrod Bryan, the architecture of buildings is about much more than bricks and mortar. It demonstrates how the power of the creative process can bring one ...
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Made with Large Order Services │Unthinkable
Illustrator Paul Plumadore spent two decades coaxing the story of Unthinkable out of ten mysterious images that caught his imagination. When the story was fully formed, he turned to ...
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Travel Color in Layflat
Blurb’s Content Director Milena is always on the go, ticking places off her bucket list and returning to her favorites. One glance at her Instagram feed is enough to ...
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How to Self-Publish an Ebook
Ebooks are a quick and easy way for anyone with ambitions of becoming a self-published author to get their work out into the world. Here we’ll show you how ...
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An Interview with Illustrator Sylvie Lee
When artist and designer Sylvie Lee began sketching the state flowers of America, it was simply a personal creative challenge to practice her drawing skills. Just a few months ...
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Hit the Books with Dan Milnor and Andrew Kaufman: Pro Photography — Webinar Recap
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor is a monthly webinar about all things book-making and self-publishing. This month we're talking about the photography industry; how it has developed and what ...
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Love in Layflat with Jared Platt
In the wedding photography industry, the impact of Layflat books is no secret. But Layflat Photo Books made with Blurb are opening up even more possibilities for photographers and their ...
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Hit the Books: Are Personal Projects the Secret to Professional Success?
We all have personal creative projects that can provide a refreshing break from our professional work. But these personal projects could be just as important as anything you do ...
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Yarn Over | Behind the Book with Delia Randall
Delia Randall is a blogger and maker who documents what she creates for her family over at Delia Creates. Accomplished with a crochet hook, she shares patterns and how-tos ...
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Hit the Books with Dan Milnor & X-Rite: Color Management – Webinar Recap
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor is a monthly webinar about all things book-making and self-publishing. This month we're talking about how to navigate the variables between screen and ...
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Hit the Books with Dan Milnor, Kickstarter, and Author Meg Smiley
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor is a monthly webinar about all things book-making and self-publishing. This month we're talking about the first stages of self-publishing: gauging interest, fundraising, ...
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Behind the Book with Julia Nimke
Julia Nimke is a Berlin-based photographer who spent a year in Adobe’s Creative Residency. She toured Europe in a converted Sprinter van, collecting folktales and shooting isolated landscapes that ...
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Checklist: How to Make a Professional Looking Book
It’s such an exciting thing to be able to put your work in the world with a beautiful book. But with self-publishing, comes the need for a kind of ...
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Behind the Book with Jessie Oleson Moore
Writer and illustrator Jessie Oleson Moore spotted the perfect opportunity to turn her love for all things unicorn into a profit-making self-publishing project. It turns out she’s not the ...
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Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Storytelling Through Images – Webinar Recap
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor is a monthly webinar about all things book-making and self-publishing. This month, we’re focusing on Photo Books and talking about telling a story ...
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Behind the Book with Angie Chua
As a designer, Angie is always coming up with new and exciting ways to showcase her creative work. Her new children’s book is no exception. Combining a charming children’s ...
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Dispatches: An Interview with Book Publicist Jaki Arthur
Anyone with any interest in self-publishing and marketing their own book will want to listen to this interview with book publicist, Jaki Arthur. With over twenty years of experience, including a ...
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Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Finishing Touches Webinar Recap
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor is a monthly webinar about all things book-making and self-publishing. This month, we’re talking about putting the finishing touches on your book project. Did ...
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Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Photojournalism
In Dan Milnor’s view, the best way for an aspiring photographer to learn the ropes is to practice photojournalism. See what he has to say about storytelling, bearing witness, ...