Blurb! (That’s what’s happening!)
I wasn’t that busy with work today so I spent most of today putting together my book using the free bookmaking software from Blurb.
I wasn’t sure what to expect but I have to say, it is super easy to use and the results appear to be pretty cool. I say appear to be because I have’t actually — well, I get ahead of myself here. Let me explain a little first.
If you go to the Blurb website, you can download the free bookmaking software, BookSmart. It’s dead simple to install and within a few minutes you are off and bookmaking.
I’ve been wanting to do something with the pictures that I’ve been taking and I thought, well, let’s see how a book about the boys would turn out. Turns out, it was an awesome idea. (Click on the image to see an actual page from the book I created as well as the User Interface for the BookSmart program). Looks like I’ve gotten a lot of Christmas presents taken care of 322 days early (if any family members are reading this… um, surprise?)! You can control page layout, theme, font type and placement — it’s all up to you! The UI is pretty intuitive and if you can make pretty pictures in MS Word, you can handle this. It is SO. MUCH. FUN! (And pretty satisfying too when you see it all come together)
Now, I haven’t actually ordered the book yet (and, for those of you keeping score at home, this also means I haven’t actually received one either) but I’m giving this company the benefit of the doubt. I’ll have another blog post after we get the book and more pictures of the finished product.
In the meantime, get yourself over to Blurb and make some books already!
