A new perspective
Last week I put together a Blurb book with some of my photos for my dad’s birthday. It only took about half an hour, most of which was spent in deciding which pictures to use. And it arrived yesterday afternoon. :)
I’ve uploaded these and a few more photos of it to Flickr.
Anyway, I’m very pleased with the results. Very. I’ve been showing it off to everyone today and they’re all getting excited about making their own books — one girl is going to Russia in May and plans to put together a photobook when she returns; others are itching to make family history scrapbooks. It’s addicting.
I’m thinking about putting together a full-color picture book for my little brother through Blurb. We’ll see… (The main question is my illustration ability. :))
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Hey,
How do you make books like that? Do you get someone to publish them? Or do you create the whole book yourself? (spine, hardcover, etc)
While I would like to create the whole thing myself (and someday will), right now I’m having them published through Blurb.com. It’s $30 for 40 pages, which is the cheapest deal I’ve yet found for full-color printing, especially hardcover.
All you do is download their software, import your pictures, and then drag and drop onto the pages. Very easy. It took all of 30 minutes to make mine. :)
Great pictures Ben!… both IN the book and OF the book. I think they show Blurb’s quality very well.
Ben, I love the pictures!! Each one captures so much, and yet leaves so much to ponder, and imagine…I’m sure that your father loved it.
Marc (very belatedly :)): Thanks!
Julia: Well, if he didn’t like it, he sure managed to pull a good poker face about it. :P
Will you be entering your blook in next year’s Blooker Prize competition?
Well, this isn’t really a blook — it’s just pictures — so probably not, I’m afraid. :)
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