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Start Your Photobook Marketing Project with $75 from Blurb

June 13, 2011 By Jim Raffel 11 Comments

Recently, I wrote about how I used Blurb and Booksmart software to create a photobook of the pictures from our ColorMetrix Color Conversations Live '11 event. As you can see from the picture with this post I have received the book and it's sparked an idea for a photobook marketing campaign. Why you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer Tagged With: blurb, Books, booksmart, digital press, jump start, marketing, marketing campaign, marketing projects, marketing tools, photobook, photobooks, Printing, publishing

Blurb.com and Booksmart software

June 7, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Several years ago, I used Blurb and their BookSmart software to produce a book of family memories containing pictures and words for our father on the occasion of his 84th birthday. "Blurb - New Media Meets Old Media" discusses the process of creating that book three years ago. "Blurb Books and Why I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, Stuff I Like Tagged With: blurb, Books, booksmart, digital press, mass media, photo books, Printing, publishing

Blurb Books and Why I Still Love Print

April 21, 2008 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Yesterday we unveiled the blurb.com(affiliate link) book to my father.  While I am a big fan of digital photography and all the new media, there is just something about a printed book and the Blurb books are a perfect example.  In this case a picture really is worth a thousand words....well two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: blurb, blurb books, booksmart, digital photography, digital press, family memories, mass media, Printing, publishing

The Blurb.com Books Arrived

April 11, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Late yesterday afternoon UPS showed up with our box of 20 books from blurb.com (affiliate link).  Put simply we are impressed. First, the packaging of the Blurb books was professional with each book individually shrink wrapped and then all 20 books neatly stacked in an appropriately sized box with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media, web-to-print Tagged With: adam dewitz, blurb, blurb books, booksmart, coffee table quality, desktop publishing software, digital press, family memories, monograph, old pictures, paper stock, Printing, production workflows, publishing, quality book, visual assessment, workflow

Blurb – New Media Meets Old Media

April 10, 2008 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

If you have been reading this blog for any length of time you know I have covered the “New Media” topic a few times.  While considering self-publishing a book of blog posts to use for marketing activities, I came across blurb.com. I ended up utilizing Blurb to produce a 40-page book of photos and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media Tagged With: blog, blurb, booksmart, digital content, digital photograph, digital press, family memories, mass media, old picture, printed books, Printing Industry, publishing, publishing a book, self publish a book, self publishing a book

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