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... about if five of you get to make your own Blurb book for free dollars and fifty free cents? Nice, right?Blurb books are easy to make. High-quality. And have a ... I think I'll spend the afternoon daydreaming about the books I could make — feel free to join me.Thanks, Blurb!-------------Random Giveaway Guidelines:-You have until midnight PST on ... ... short runs of beautiful 'coffee table friendly' hardcover or softcover books with full-colour photos and/or text. Like Moo, Blurb ... , the site also features a social network for those making Blurb books - 'Blurbarians' - and offers their works (from photography to poetry ... with the option for potential buyers to preview online. Sold books are then printed on demand and dispatched, with Blurb taking ...

... , text, blog content, or anything else to create Blurb books - including slurped images from Photobucket, Flickr, Smugmug and Picasa. The Photobucket API enables companies, including Blurb, to create applications, such as the Photobucket Slurper, ... photographers, creative professionals, bloggers, artists, writers, travelers, everyone. Blurb's bookstore and online marketing tools let people ... AS per a previous post when I said I would show you the books I ordered, here's a snippet. And the Blurb books really are wonderful, really beautiful quality and I am delighted. I suspect I will be ordering more before long and the Young Wan has already put in an order for her 18th. In fairness giving her something memorable has been on ...

... about telling the story. So Eileen Gittins, CEO of Blurb, told us in an interview for a previous post ... it takes to create a top-selling book on Blurb… so we asked a couple of photographers who had ... re planning on retiring on the proceeds of their Blurb books but both seem pleased with the experience. ... found the best part of producing a book on Blurb, they both said the same thing: “Just holding the ... ... to get published. Why? Because “the world is already stuffed with books that no one will read.” But Webb’s not being pessimistic. ... big publishers by using online tools and sites like Blurb to create their own books: Why bother to go through all the heartache and hassle of fighting to get your ... ” debate can’t stand to think of a world without books, it’s refreshing to see a writer who declares that “ ... "A TALE of war and forgiveness, of strangers in a strange land, of love put to the ultimate test" - the blurb-writer for this American Civil War blockbuster goes over the top and invites us to follow.I've just added a number of cover scans to my Top 100 Books page as well as a short blurb on 'Journey to the West' the first of the titles in my list. I'll be progressively adding more information to this list over the coming weeks so be sure to head on back to check it out. Access the list by the 100 Books... tab at the top of the page or click here.

As I’ve started to take a deeper look at my present and future, it’s becoming really clear to me that I need help. So -deep breath- I’m hiring an assistant. Feel free to circulate this to people who you think might be a match, BUT I am not posting this on job boards and shit, because I want to hire someone from the communities I value. PLEASE READ ALL OF THE BELOW AND FOLLOW THE APPLICATION DIRECTIONS OR YOUR EMAIL WILL BE DELETED. I know this is long. I’ve never hired a paid someone for my o ... about telling the story. So Eileen Gittins, CEO of Blurb, told us in an interview for a previous post ... it takes to create a top-selling book on Blurb… so we asked a couple of photographers who had ... re planning on retiring on the proceeds of their Blurb books but both seem pleased with the experience. ... found the best part of producing a book on Blurb, they both said the same thing: “Just holding the ... ... to put a book together for printing by Blurb. You download Booksmart, their book template software for ... preparation of the book on your end). The books look fantastic, the printing and color are absolutely ... printed on-demand, but these are bookstore quality books that you would be proud to offer for ... cheaper than even the remarkably inexpensive color of Blurb books. Lulu may be of particular interest to ... Going Rogue: An American Life  Sarah Palin. You should see the company she’s keeping. Top right and left titles below. Right’s beating left like a rented mule. First, Amazon’s “Rogue” dustjacket blurb:  From her humble beginnings to her time in the spotlight as the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin has led an extraordinary life. Going Rogue will recount her political experiences, her time as Mayor of Wasilla and as the first female governor of Alaska, as w

So here’s a blurb on a new study, courtesy of Washington Post’s “The Checkup.” It opens: Women, want to enjoy good health in your golden years?Ooh! I know this one! YES.Lose weight. Now. Oh. Wow, that’s… um, directive. Not one to slice the bologna too thin, eh, WaPo? Attention ALL WOMEN! What? Yes, even YOU, the one whose BMI puts you in the underweight range. Want to be healthy when you’re old, woman? Lose weight. Now. It’s What Women Do, see.Look, I don’t want prematurelyUnion!, Ish Klein, Canarium Books**the quoted passages in this review were originally center justified**With so much variation currently inhabiting the landscape of American poetry, it’s hard to believe a review which claims that one poet or another “stands out.” Part of this is surely due to the fact that every back cover blurb of every slim volume released now claims just that: “This poet stands out in the landscape of American poetry.” Wolf has been cried so many times, were there a poet to

Unfortunately I couldn’t find an image of the 1960’s version , which was the only copy my library had, and which was last checked out in 1977! So I’ve gone with the newest UK edition, which has just been released . My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content wCould anyone out there use a few thousand extra dollars between now and the end of the year? Does anyone out there have any family, pet, or travel photos? Anyone planning to make a Blurb book as a holiday gift for friends or family? We’re betting that more than a few of you would answer yes to all of the above, which makes it a virtual no-brainer to check out the Best Blurb Books Contest , accepting entries through October 22. If you want some insider tips and tricks to make your book shine,Print copies of my book No Going Back are now available from Zarahemla Books and Amazon.com . No Going Back is a coming-of-age novel about a gay Mormon teenager who is torn between his feelings and his desire to stay in the Church. The cover blurb reads: “A gay teenage Mormon growing up in western Oregon in 2003. His straight best friend. Their parents. A typical LDS ward, a high-school club about tolerance for gays, and a Related tweets from Twitter: becca_elephant : Baaa, 50 pages of reading left.. I seem to have lost my copy of 'The boy that books built', which is concerning me a little :S 2009-09-30T17:30:03Z - Reply - View Tweet WileyValentine : I am so in love with these handmade limited edition books!! http://bit.ly/2F9EA 2009-09-30T17:29:59Z - Reply - View Tweet pentaxfan : Preview my book just sent to Blurb for publishing. It is my first one so yes there are mistakes :-) http://www.blurb.com/I started teaching my son the alphabet around 18 months old.  I bought him an Elmo night night book which we read every night.  He’s two and knows his entire alphabet.  Yes…I’m impressed too!  My favorite books and toys are those that incorporate learning, while still retaining fun and enjoyment for the child . Recently, we pulled out the MagnaPlay Magnetic Activity Travel Set we received, courtesy of the company.  The recommended age is for ch

Mailbox Monday is hosted each week by Marcia of The Printed Page blog, and it is so much fun. At the top of the post she warns that " Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. " She's right - especially on the toppling TBR piles. Anyway, I missed out on last week's Mailbox Monday because I didn't have internet access, so this week it's a double whammy. No, going on vacation didn't stop me buying books in the slightest. Toronto has The World's Biggest BooksTime for your Deadspin Open Mailbag Tuesday . Email us here or submit your questions via Twitter . This week, we're covering whacking speed, haterade, rugby, peanut butter and weed crackers, and more. I'm an expert in self-gratification. I've been doing it for over two decades now, and it's the only pursuit in which I possess a modicum of skill. I'm so adept at jacking it that I barely even notice when I'm doing it anymore. It's an involuntary reflex. Sometimes, I have to double ch

A peaceful and pretty end to our stay in the Ozarks. Click here to see my Blurb books. There are some new ones, including "Sweden" and "The Baltics". ...Good interview. My favorite quote: The Secret did a good job of teaching the basics, but I think it gave people the misconception that it's about manifesting new SUVs and beach houses. The Secret also left out a couple of key issues, like the need for practicing impeccable integrity along with the Law of Attraction. Here is the interview, from MindBodyGreen . Q & A with Gay Hendricks: Relationship Expert & Best-Selling Author Talks 'The Secret' and Jimi Hendrix?! Soulless by Gail Carriger Orbit Books 384 pages, Historical Paranormal Fantasy $7.99 $6.39 Plot: 5 Setting: 5 Writing: 5 Originality: 5 Characters: 5 Passion: 5 Overall: 30/30 = 100% = A+ Freaking Amazing Cover/Title Bonus: 5 Okay, so I first notice this book thHaving recently worked  through Manly Wade Wellman’s wonderful Silver John novels , I thought I would take a look at some of his other speculative fiction.  Thanks to all my Silver John purchases on Amazon, other Wellman novels have percolated up into my recommendations; the novella Giants From Eternity immediately caught my eye: See if you can see what got my attention from the book blurb: Scientist Oliver Norfleet and his college buddy Spencer DuPogue are called by the B

By Renai LeMayPublished:September 29, 2009Posted in: featured, newsTags:forever peace, joe haldeman, paul mcauley, science fiction, space opera, the forever war, the quiet war Publisher Pyr Books has released the first three chapters in science fiction writer Paul McAuley’s new space opera The Quiet War for free on its site.The book has received mixed reviews since it was first published internationally in late 2008; it appears to be in the throes of being published in the US this month with a Here’s another great contest within a contest that will definitely appeal to all the creative Moderncat readers! If you don’t already know about Blurb.com , you’re going to love this. It’s an online service that lets you publish your own beautiful, full-color books, one at a time. It looks very easy, you simply download their software to help you create your book or you can create your book in your own layout software and use a pdf to publish it. Either way, the end result is a proThe Listeners by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Mike Benny Reading level: Ages 6-10 Library Binding: 40 pages Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN-13: 978-1585364190 Back-of-the-book blurb: Ella May lives on a plantation but she doesn’t live in the great house. She is a slave. It’s dark in the morning when Ella May heads to the fields to pick cotton. And it’s sunset when she comes home. But her day isn’t done, not yet. Ella May stil

Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial / Gollancz Publication Date: October 2009 / September 2009 Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling , but can be read as a stand alone novel . Why did I read this book: I loved Ms. Cashore’s debut novel and the first book of this planned trilogy, GracelingInfluential in the 1970s, “The One-Straw Revolution” was reissued this summer.Introducing Grass Fed, a new column featuring the culinary ramblings of the food writer Peter Meehan, the co-author of the Momofuku cookbook with David Chang and an all-around good eater.Prescriptive books about agriculture, how to eat and how to think about food seem more and more popular these days. And with the resurrection of an old French-cooking warhorse to the best-sel