Add the photo to the page by dragging it down you can see that the book layout is shown on the left.You can click on the Add Photos button to browse for photos and add them.Photos and text: Add the photos and text you want to the photos.Note you need to select the pages option on the left hand top of the tool and then pick the layout for the selected page(s). Or you can pick different layouts for each page of the book as you need or want. Layout: Select the layout you want for each (or all pages) page.Enter a title for the book and click on Start a New Book.Next up – choosing the paper type and the cover type – make your choices – Blurb will give you an estimate of the price for the minimum number of pages – 20 in this case based on your choices.Once you click on Create, you will be asked to choose your book format – the type of book you want (photo books/magazine/trade book/layflat) and the size available for each type of book.And before you start, make sure you have all the photos you want in your book organized and ready to use! That will save you a ton of time (trust me on this!! I learned the hard way). The steps below are for using BookWright. One option is to create your own pdf file and upload it the other is to use the free desktop tool provided by blurb (BookWright) and create the book. You can choose one of two options to create a book with Blurb. I have used Snapfish in the past and no matter which option we pick, getting your photo book the way you want it will take some time and some effort. I think that frustration will be the same for any photo-book software we use. Frustrating at times because just when you think you got the right layout, you notice that a photo is not displayed fully – and Blurb’s software points it out for you. While I admit that it does take time and effort to get your photo book just right, it was not truly confusing for me. When I read other reviews of Blurb, it mentions that this might be confusing to people new to photo books. Blurb offers many choices for layouts and that is truly wonderful. I used different layouts for different pages based on the photos chosen so they would fit well in their space. A couple of reasons for that, one I could not choose which photos I should not use in my book, and two, adding relevant text to photos would have meant I needed more time and I was short of that this time around. I debated about doing lesser photos with more text and in the end, just decided on photos only, lots and lots of them. The end result is still beautiful and aww-worthy, even if I say so myself! And look out for coupons Blurb offers regularly – you can check my blog itself (and for really cool offers, I will be sure to email you – and if you are not subscribing already, you can do so now – just enter your email and click on that little subscribe option on the right side bar at the very top – right there a little after the Search text box!). And I had literally tons of pictures fitted into the book □ OK, easily 500+ pictures (with some pages having no more than three pictures while others had upto 16). In my case, the 62 pages standard paper softcover 10*8 inch book costed a total of $39. Pros: Quality and flexibility and more to read in some last thoughts below.Ĭons: The price might turn out to be high sometimes but depending on what you are using/making the book for, you can still get a good price. Not because this is not good, but just because that is tempting… Again, next time I am tempted to go for the hard cover with dust jacket option. This means the book has been handled many a time and has withstood the not-so-gentle handling pretty well.īinding: I picked the softcover option and it is like any softcover book we have. I am now tempted to go for premium paper for my next project (which will most likely be a gift for others or maybe a self-published book)ĭurability: It is almost six months since the book arrived, and it has currently found a new home in India with my parents so they can look at it and share with visiting family as well. Page quality: I selected the standard paper with a matte finish since this was a gift for us and I knew I was going to go overboard with the number of pages, but standard paper is still pretty good. All the photos, whether it was one photo on the page or many tiny ones, turned out sharp and clear and true to the original. Photo clarity: Blurb did not fail in this aspect at all. Type of book ordered: Photo Book, Softcover, Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm, 62 Pages Standard Paper Here are our thoughts on the book first before I head on to the how-tos for the book.
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