Blurb Magazine

 

When I want to publish a book online, Blurb is my go-to company. Here's their ad on the internet:

Passion + Design = Perfect Book. Make a Book. Leave Your Mark.

If you, like me, have a passion, and love to design, how can that not speak to you?

Recently, I posted a blog entitled Eternity, and my sister suggested I might add to it and turn it into a book. 

So that's what I did.

Or, more specifically, I used Blurb's magazine format to make a book.

Blurb's design and layout application, Bookwright, is downloadable, and I found it to be intuitive and user friendly. I chose the magazine format, quite honestly, because the price was remarkably low. On my first attempt, I ordered the economy magazine--20 pages for $3.99. The paper was thin, and the photos didn't have the rich saturation I had hoped for.  So I ordered another one with premium paper, still only $5.99 (plus postage, which runs high) for 20 pages, and I am very happy with the result. The cover has a soft gloss, and the colors pop off the substantial matte paper inside. Perfect.

About that passion? 

I think knowing about the next world is one of the most encouraging things in this one, and who of us can't use a little encouragement?

Linking with Our World Tuesday

A Glimpse of Eternity by Connie Smiley | Make Your Own Book

New Book

A package I've been waiting for arrived in the mail today from Blurb.  Inside was my latest project, a gift book, with photos and prayers for the morning from Scripture, and I was happy with the way it turned out.

The idea for this project started years ago, as a gift for my mother, and as those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know, she had a lot of first hand experience on the subject.  On spiral bound,  brightly colored 3x5's, I wrote out, in calligraphy, a collection of favorite prayers from the Bible.  When I got a mac, and iphoto, it was a natural progression to make it into a photo book.  Recently, I've become aware of Blurb, where you can sell your books online, so I added a few pages to my earlier book, and changed it to their square format.  It's available in hardback and paperback.  Click here to preview the book, where, if you like, you can see it in its entirety. 

It's my prayer that this book, in its online version and/or printed version, will bring joy and encouragement to those who read it, just as it did for Mom.