Jan 28, 2015 the finished book file can be outputted as both an ebook and print book. For christmas this year, the only thing i could think of that i really, really wanted was an ebook reader. Blurb indesign plugin intro to the blurb book creator. Our portfolio photo book maker helps you customize and organize anything from art school drawings. Digital selfpublishing platform blurb expands to offer. One of my favourite things to do is to sit at my favourite coffee shop and read.
Creating the cover using the blurb book creator plugin. How to write a blurb back cover copy marilynn byerly. Blurb indesign plugin intro to the blurb book creator on vimeo. Blurb booksmart is a free application with which you can make an entire book manually or using the assistant tool. As an adult well, to look at anyway and a long term fantasy reader i was pleasantly surprised when i read jonathon strouds the amulet of samarkand. Oct 28, 2009 a blurb is a brief summary of your life and work experience. The company was founded in 2005 by eileen gittins and funded by canaan partners and anthem venture partners. With an ebook reader, i can have loads and loads of books in my handbag at any time. Design your books, both printed and electronic, and publish them via blurb.
Eileen gittins builds blurb to make book publishing easy and. Blurb definition in the cambridge english dictionary. You want to try to attract the attention of your future employer. One using the blurb book creator plugin and then one just doing it from scratch within indesign. A blurb is the book description you find on the back of a book or online to describe a books contents. Feb 19, 2014 in this blurb tutorial, tim levy takes us through with a focus on blurb trade books. A blurb is a short promotional piece accompanying a piece of creative work. She rattles off pop culture references, has a penchant for some of the great bands of the 80s and a weakness for junk food.
Chose from several free tools or use adobe indesign or adobe lightroom. The finished book file can be outputted as both an ebook and print book. Erstellen sie ebooks mit blurbs kostenlosem dtptool bookwright. New ebook for ipad creation templates allow for creating your ebook from scratch directly from adobe indesign. Blurb distinct from the back book cover blurb is this 12 line endorsement of a book by a celebrity or another author that sits on the books front cover. The blurb book publishing service provides several tools for you to design your own selfpublished book, but you may feel that those tools are limited. You must make your selfdescription blurb as interesting as possible.
Create a book, turn it into an ebook, and add video, audio, and links. Blurb wants writers to make money on their books, so costs for printing are all that future authors have to cover. Digital selfpublishing platform blurb is expanding its book printing business to include print magazines and brochures. Once this is done, all you have to do is drag and drop the photos onto the screen where the. Sie konnen aber auch profisoftware wie adobe indesign oder unseren pdfuploader. When you hear about authors being asked to blurb a book, its this endorsement theyve been asked to provide. At the risk of public ridicule, i will admit that i am one of the rare few that just didnt get the whole harry potter phenomenom. Publishing in the digital age doesnt mean well abandon print entirely.
It may be written by the author or publisher or quote praise from others. Oct 02, 2012 blurbs awardwinning book creation tools enable customers to create enhanced ebooks with video, audio and live links once then publish to print or enhanced ebook format quickly and seamlessly. Blurb booksmart can be used for any book, from family histories up to portfolios, with personal page layouts and designs. Oct 16, 2014 writing the blurb for your selfpublished book is one of the privileges of being an indie author. Blurb is a bookmaking platform and creative community that enables individuals to create, publish, share, and sell highquality photo books, trade books. A book blurb should be a fair representation of the style of the book. Copywriting is a completely different skillset to creating fiction, and im here to help you get that blurb in tiptop shape, whether youve already published and want to straighten out your catalogue, or youd like to get it pitchperfect before you publish for the first time. With blurb, you can create a professional portfolio book to showcase your most accomplished work. I had my heart set on the sony prs505, and i was lucky enough to find one of these shiny gadgets under the christmas tree on christmas morning there are a number of ebook readers on the market. The best way to make sure that your message is communicated clearly is to write the intro yourself. If you do this, what it will do is it will create a pdf document which you couldthen print on your own desktop printer. In this blurb tutorial, tim levy takes us through with a focus on blurb trade books.
There are just a few final steps in this book building process that youll want to take. Blurb is an american selfpublishing platform that enables their users to create, selfpublish, promote, share, and sell their own print and ebooks. How to write a killer blurb that convinces readers to buy your book the book blurb is your sales pitch. Whats more, there are endless customization choices available to personalize books. Jan 30, 2015 the blurb book publishing service provides several tools for you to design your own selfpublished book, but you may feel that those tools are limited. Sign in help center english us deutsch espanol francais italiano nederlands portugues do brasil. Most run several paragraphs, but some publishers want them shorter or in a special format so be sure to check with your publishers guidelines before you begin work.
A blurb is a brief summary of your life and work experience. The newest version of blurb booksmart includes features such as twopage spread layouts, templates for planners and notebooks, as well as ebook friendly and fully licensed fonts. Download blurb s free desktop software to create beautiful books, magazines, and ebooks. Not only will this make sure that others know exactly what youre looking for. For distribution, blurb provides an ecommerce platform that enables customers to distribute directly to their contacts, as. Put simply, being concise is hard, and being concise about something you know insideandout can seem downright impossible. The newest version of blurb booksmart includes features such as twopage spread layouts, templates for planners and notebooks, as well as ebook. Blurbs free bookmaking tools now output rich media ebooks in. If youd rather create a blurb book using the full range of professional design and production capabilities in adobe indesign, the blurb book creator plugin may be for you. Read epub, mobi, fb2, cbr, and other e book and document formats. New ebook for ipad creation templates allow for creating your ebook. Blurbs free bookmaking tools now output rich media ebooks. Many authors write the book blurb as an afterthought. The plugin puts the full range of beautiful blurb book templates at your fingertips inside indesign, making the creation of a bookstore quality book a breeze from start to finish.
I appreciate your support so i can continue to share free content and tutorials like this one. Please type your blurb in ms or open office word, print it, and bring it to class on thursday. Print an image directly on the front and back cover. Once your title and cover have drawn the reader in, the blurb is what is going to make the difference between a missed opportunity and a sale. Eileen gittins builds blurb to make book publishing easy.
Hate me if you will, but when you have grown up on a diet of fantasy novels you start to yearn for something. How is it that a writer can write a story spanning tens of thousands of words but stumble at a 250300 word book blurb describing it. Nov 05, 2012 blurb booksmart can be used for any book, from family histories up to portfolios, with personal page layouts and designs. Writing the blurb for your selfpublished book is one of the privileges of being an indie author. Blurbs were originally printed on the back or rear dustjacket of a book, and are now found on web portals and news websites. You have one shot at introducing your story to your reader make it count. But fear not, because theres a secret science to writing the perfect book blurb. Blurb offers bookmaking tools catering to diverse digital skills. Create, print, and sell professionalquality photo books, magazines, trade books, and ebooks with blurb. Falls sie fruhere blurbindesignprojekte in dem plugin offnen mochten, befolgen sie diese anleitung. For distribution, blurb provides an ecommerce platform that enables customers to distribute directly to. You might have caught oprah raving about the amazon kindle. Blurbs awardwinning book creation tools enable customers to create enhanced ebooks with video, audio and live links once then publish to print or enhanced ebook. I like to start out with a bit of serious reading with some nonfiction and then after a while i like to move on to a fiction book usually with my second cup of coffee.
If youve been wanting to make a book but dont know where to start, look no further. The links are affiliate links which means i earn a small commission on your purchase from blurb if you click my link. So, im going to do it first of all with this and all this is going to do is make a template that is at the appropriate size. College bound is told entirely through natalie and ford does an excellent job of maintaining her 1819 yr old voice. Blurb now gives you the tools to create richmedia ebooks for the apple ipad. Create an account, upload a book and sell copies right through the. Gestalten sie im handumdrehen ihr eigenes buch blurb. This blurb book tutorial also talks about blurb ebooks and shows you how to publish a book. Bookwright, blurb s book publishing software, is a great bookmaking tool. Writing a book blurb is harder than you think, and is an excellent way of getting yourself noticed. However, this task typically comes just when youre at your least able.
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