![]() ![]() “We manage the backend and route the data, all for free, because we want people to start using it,” Gittins said. Blurb users, she said, upload their book and check the box for Amazon distribution. The Amazon program, she said, will be free (it include a free ISBN) for an introductory period, but eventually will be priced at $29.99 per book. Using Bookwright provides easy production of e-books and print and the ability to publish simultaneously from the same Blurb file. ![]() ![]() These new services, she said, target this new class of self-published authors and are intended to provide Blurb users with better distribution and pricing. Blurb is expanding its services to accommodate a new kind of self-published author she called “author-preneurs,” explaining that, “we need a new term for self-publishing.” Blurb, she said, is attracting a growing market of self-publishers that want their books to reach an audience beyond their personal circle of friends. Its popularity is growing beyond its original target market of “personal book creation,” or books generally for close friends, said Blurb CEO Eileen Gittins, during a recent visit to the PW offices. Blurb is also adding offset printing for large book orders, launching the Agile Fulfillment program, a short-term warehousing and fulfillment service, and starting Bespoke, a service that provides customized printing.īlurb allows anyone to create a handsomely designed book online and have the book shipped to them in about a week. Blurb, the fast-growing POD self-publishing platform, is expanding the services it offers, adding broader distribution through and introducing Blurb Bookwright, a new set of free online design tools. ![]()
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