| Status | Privately Held |
| Website | www.blurb.com |
| Blog | www.blurberatiblo... |
| Category | Web |
| Address |
580 California St. Suite 300 San Francisco, CA, 94104 USA |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Total | $16.5M |
| Series A 1 Anthem Venture Partners Canaan Venture Partners | $2M |
| Series B, 10/06 2 Anthem Venture Partners Canaan Venture Partners | $12M |
| Debt 3 Hercules Technology Growth Capital | $2.5M |
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.
Hyve Up interview with Eileen Gittins
| 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.
