Blurb Brings Professional Design, Bookstore Quality to Everyone.'How To Make a Book' Book Showcases Professional Quality, Look and Feel of Blurb blurb n. A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket. [Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.] blurb v. Books SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- In second graph, second sentence of release the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. should read: www.blurb.com/create/book/htmab (sted www.blurb.com/create/book/create/book/htmab). The corrected release reads: BLURB BRINGS PROFESSIONAL DESIGN, BOOKSTORE QUALITY TO EVERYONE 'How To Make a Book' Book Showcases Professional Quality, Look and Feel of Blurb Books Blurb, the creative publishing service, today announced the availability of its new How To Make a Book book, a physical sample of Blurb's bookstore-quality books. How to Make a Book, created using the professionally designed text and picture template from Blurb's free BookSmart[TM] software, showcases the commercial production values Production values is a media term for "production cost." It refers to the professional look, or "polish," of a production. Factors that affect perceived production value may include video and audio quality, lighting, number of errors, and amount and quality of special effects. one expects from a bookstore-quality book. How to Make a Book is now available at www.blurb.com for $14.95 plus shipping; the package includes a $10.00 coupon good towards the first book order. The book is also available as a PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. free of charge and downloadable at www.blurb.com/create/book/htmab. "We've found that the best way for people to understand what we mean by bookstore quality is for them to see, touch and feel the finished product," said Eileen Gittins, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Blurb. "The How to Make a Book book provides a tangible experience that visiting a Web site can't convey, and because it comes with a $10 gift certificate, it makes a great holiday gift, too." How to Make a Book showcases Blurb's professional production values, including high-quality 80# semi-matte coated paper Coated paper is paper which has been coated by an inorganic compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight and surface gloss, smoothness or ink absorbency. Kaolinite is the compound most often used for coating papers used in commercial printing. stock; black-linen hardcovers; custom 4-color dust jackets with protective laminate laminate, n a thin slice of porcelain or plastic fabricated in a dental lab, which is cemented to the front of the teeth to cover gaps, whiten stained teeth, or reshape chipped or broken teeth. coating; library binding; and professional 4-color printing. It also includes 40 pages of book design and editorial expertise covering the basics as well as advanced topics like pacing, using white space, and choosing layouts for maximum impact. Practical tips, ideas, and suggestions on how to create a book, along with separate chapters on how to start, collect, explore, and polish -- are all particularly useful for first-time bookmakers. Four customer success stories are also profiled, helping the reader understand the step-by-step processes that other Blurb bookmakers used to create their books: * An architect's portfolio book * A family history book * A travel photo/journal book * A business-plan book Free BookSmart[TM] software runs on a Mac or PC; users pay only when they publish their book. Each book is then printed on demand, in any quantity -- whether that's one for a gift, a couple dozen for family members, or several thousand to reach a wide audience. Popular book types include photo books of all types, conference books, portfolio books, travel books, blog books, and cookbooks The following is a list of cookbooks, sorted alphabetically by author's surname. This is not a list of external links to commercial sites; please list only cookbooks here. This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it]. . Books cost as little as $29.95 for a single copy of a 40-page hardcover 8"x10" book, custom dust jacket included. About Blurb Blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the power of books: making, reading, sharing, and selling them. Blurb's creative publishing service is simple and smart enough to make anyone an author -- every blogger, cook, marketer, photographer, traveler, entrepreneur, poet, everyone. Founded by Eileen Gittins in 2004 and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners, Blurb is bringing book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. to the masses. 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