Learn how to get started on the road to publishing your book – one that’s totally original, highly creative, and sure to bring smiles to all you share it with. In this webinar, we will introduce you to the Blurb bookmaking tools and show you how to make your own book using our Bookify tool. We’ll give you the inside track on tips and tricks for creating a fantastic book whether it’s a photo book, portfolio book, cookbook, memoir, or travel book. When your book is ready, we’ll show you how to order it and share it with your friends.
Past Webinars
Writing a novel, poetry collection or nonfiction book? This webinar by Blurb word guy and novelist Forrest Bryant will show you how to publish your text in a beautiful Blurb book. We’ll show you how to import your manuscript into Blurb BookSmart®, work with layouts and text formatting options, and give you all the tips and tricks you need to get your book looking its best and ready to order. We'll also look at how to tap the creative potential of Blurb's PDF to Book workflow.
Watch video »Pro photographer and book designer Mat Thorne presents an introduction to book design principals. This webinar covers an overview of typography, essentials of cover design, and laying out front & back matter. Mat also shares examples and offers inspiration from published photography books.
Watch video »The cover of your book is your best chance to catch someone’s eye, whether your potential reader is browsing a physical bookstore or searching online. In this webinar, photography book editor Alan Rapp uses examples from iconic works and Blurb books alike, and shows how the cover resonates with the photography within and draws the viewer in.
Watch video »Mat Thorne, pro photographer and design whiz, shares his secrets for great book design. Mat was the Art Director at the prestigious Maine Media Workshops and has designed books for some notable figures in contemporary photography. In this webinar, he walks you through book design and layout essentials and touches upon tips and tricks to help you with every aspect of bookmaking, from workflow to typography to final layout.
Watch video »Want to make the best gift ever – one that’s totally original, highly creative, and sure to bring on smiles (okay, maybe even a few tears)? Let us help. In this webinar, we share some of our favorite books from Blurbarians the world over and show you how to make your own book and get “best gift ever” status this year. We give you the inside track on tips and tricks for creating fantastic family photo books, cookbooks, memoirs, and travel books.
Watch video »This webinar focuses on color management and our PDF to Book workflow. If you’re a creative pro using Adobe® InDesign® or a photographer/bookmaker extraordinaire and you’re looking to learn more about PDF to Book and color, this webinar is for you.
Watch video »Want to perfect your images and use them to create your best Blurb book ever? Blurb and onOne Software join forces to show you just how easy it is to create stunning images quickly with onOne Software’s Plug-In Suite and Perfect Photo Suite 5.5. These popular Adobe® Photoshop® and Lightroom plug-ins provide dozens of creative options to edit and add impact to your photos. This webinar is ideal for intermediate to advanced photographers and bookmakers who have worked with Photoshop previously.
Watch video »In this webinar, we start from scratch using color calibrated images from Adobe Lightroom and the latest version of BookSmart to make a beautiful photo book with images that have the best color possible.
Watch video »Want to make sure the color in your Blurb book rocks? Need the nitty gritty on color management for your Photography Book Now submission? This webinar covers the fine points of file preparation so that the color in your books is right on.
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