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Blurb

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Blurb is a startup that allows anyone to create customized books (as in, a real, tangible book that you can hold). Using the company’s BookSmart software (Mac and PC), users can create photo books, portfolios, business books, wedding books, blog books and more. Books can either be created for self-use or shared, marketed and sold at cost or for profit in Blurb’s online bookstore. Blurb authors get to keep 100% of the book’s mark-up.

In October of 2007, the company introduced features that let users collaboratively create books and share photos.

Blurb initially launched in May of 2006 with a tool to turn your blog into a book. The service has since been expanded.

Many of Blurb’s competitors like Lulu and iUniverse tend to focus on creating books out of manuscripts, rather that photo-oriented books. Picaboo appears to be Blurb’s closest competitor.

Milestones

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  Blurb added Chad Jennings as Founding Employee, VP, Product . (1/1/05)
  Posted 12/9/11 at 2:13am
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  Blurb added Per HÃ¥kansson as Sr. Director, Products. (10/1/06)
  Posted 8/25/10 at 6:33am
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  Blurb added Dan Crow as CTO. (1/1/05)
  Posted 4/20/10 at 4:02am
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  Blurb added Mark Lambert as CFO. (1/1/10)
  Posted 3/25/10 at 3:36pm
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  Blurb added Ajay Agrawal as VP Engineering. (11/1/09)
  Posted 2/5/10 at 1:31am
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  Blurb added Bruce Watermann as Sr. Vice President, Print Operations.
  Posted 8/4/09 at 12:59pm
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  Blurb added Andrew Zolli as Board.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:21am
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  Blurb added Brian Mesic as Board.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:20am
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  Blurb added John Balen as Board.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:20am
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  Blurb added Robin Goldberg as Senior VP of Marketing & Business Development.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:17am
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  Blurb added Greg Dotson as CTO.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:17am
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  Blurb added Pete Wheelan as COO.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:16am
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  Blurb added Eileen Gittins as Founder, President & CEO.
  Posted 10/16/07 at 8:16am
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  Blurb received $5M in Series C funding. (10/10/08)
  Posted 10/11/08 at 11:15am via paidcontent.org
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  Blurb received $2.5M in Debt funding. (10/13/08)
  Posted 10/17/07 at 9:52am via venturebeat.com
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  Blurb received $2.05M in Series A funding. (5/20/05)
  Posted 10/17/07 at 4:32am via paidcontent.org

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Tags	photos, content, collaborate, books, publish, collaboration

Prices for Blurb-made books start at $30 for a 40-page hardcover coffee-table book with a custom dust jacket, and go up from there.

Above: Blurb Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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Sources

1. Stealthy Blurb Inc. Gets $2.05 Million Series A Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
3. Blurb Raises $5 Million Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. deals.venturebeat.com [edit]
5. Self-Publishing's Blurb Hits $45M Revenue Mark (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
6. LEAD411 LAUNCHES "HOTTEST COMPANIES IN SAN FRANCISCO" AWARDS (lead411.com) [edit]