I know you know. …. But I love Blurb. Not only have I ordered 4 books from them in the last 6 months, but I’m also an affiliate I love them so much.
It occurs to me I’ve never done a REAL review of a Blurb book, so I recorded this video for you all!
It’s long-ish (over 8 minutes), but you’ll see the finished, printed copy of my Blurb book chronicling my Alaska vacation from last summer.
The highlights of the video:
- I love the image wrap option, with the photos printed directly on the hardcover
- The quality is solid. You are not going to have pages fall out like I’ve heard other book companies have happen (I even shake the book in the video)
- There ARE errors in this printed book. But they are MY errors. Blurb printed exactly what I sent them – which unfortunately I didn’t look at carefully enough
- I love the template options for the pages; I love that I can design my own templates for the pages and I love that Blurb’s design software SAVES my templates so I can reuse them (in the video you’ll see examples of my templates and of Blurb’s)
SO, press play! Take a look!
Save 15% On Your Entire Blurb.com Order (Code 15OFFBLURB)
As promised ….
- Check out my Alaska travel journal here
- Check out all our Alaska stories in our travel archive here
- Make your own BLURB travel book
Have you ever ordered from Blurb? How did you like it?
Remember to use discount code 15OFFBLURB on your next order for 15% off…..
LOVED this video Amy! I was just debating Blurb vs Shutterfly for a book I’m making for my best friend of my trip to NYC… and you’ve sold me on blurb!
Also. tiny sidenote– you voice sounds so different than I thought it would!
I guess that’s the only “problem” with communicating via “text” so much 
Loved your voice, loved your video
A couple of questions:
How many pages did it end up being?
DId you choose the standard paper, or did you upgrade?
LOVE THIS!
It’s 152 pages, and I did upgrade to the fancy paper…. but I also used the Blurb discount linked above
Love the book and the Table of Contents idea. I think I’ll try that on my next book. I think it would look cute if you just wrote or stamped the page numbers on that page.
I always have Terry proofread my books before I submit them to be printed. He might not catch the page header stuff, but it helps to have a 2nd pair of eyes for everything else.
I just finished a 200 page Blurb book from my recent Israel-Jordan Trip last year. I love how it turned out and so do the other people who went on the trip. Now I need to get to work on Scotland, Ireland and Bosnia. So many photos, so little time…
Ordering my first book today…excited and nervous to hit “ORDER BOOK”
Thanks for being a creative inspiration.
THIS COMPANY HAS TERRIBLE SERVICE. I ordered an expedited book, paid extra shipping and the book arrived damaged. they will not allow me to call them to discuss the issue or replace is in a timely manner. It is for a masters thesis project and all they say is sorry but I can’t guarantee any help with the issue. Now I have a damaged as in rolled bent all over the cover and back cover and they have the nerve to not even give me a supervisor to speak with. This is a faceless company with “no phones” as they say so they don’t really have to help customers when they make huge mistakes