Blurb and MothersClick Partner to Help Moms Create Bookstore Quality Books.First Collaboration Is a Mother's Day Cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN to Benefit The Boys & Girls Clubs Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of America 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 -- Blurb blurb n. A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket. [Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.] blurb v. , the creative 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. service, today announced a partnership with MothersClick.com, the first social networking site A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. to offer online services exclusively for real-life moms' groups. Now MothersClick members can create bookstore-quality books using Blurb's free BookSmart software. The first collaboration between the two companies is a cookbook that moms will share with the important people in their lives. All proceeds will support The Boys & Girls Club of America. "Cookbook for Moms" will be the first project of its kind, as all recipes will be submitted and voted on by moms online. The book will be available for sale to both members and non-members, and 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The hardcover book will be published by Blurb, and available for sale at MothersClick.com. "Blurb is a natural partner for us because their free BookSmart software enables us to design and layout our own book, thus eliminating the need to hire an expensive book designer," said Andra Davidson, president and co-founder of MothersClick. "We are looking to produce a high-quality book that lots of people will buy for themselves as well as gifts for Mother's Day - while maximizing the proceeds for The Boys & Girls Club of America." "Whether our customers are creating family cookbooks Family cookbooks are collections of recipes, that may or may not be a generation or more old, sometimes including family history and photos of the family members. These cookbooks may be written in notebooks, put in ring binders, or professionally published by one of several or showcasing finely detailed works of art, they can absolutely expect a bookstore quality book," 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. , Blurb. "Blurb's mission is to democratize de·moc·ra·tize tr.v. de·moc·ra·tized, de·moc·ra·tiz·ing, de·moc·ra·tiz·es To make democratic. de·moc publishing by providing an experience that's fast, easy, and completely under the creative control of the author. We're thrilled to help MothersClick members to produce such a beautiful book." Visit MothersClick.com or www.cookbookformoms.com to enter recipes and learn more about the project. Blurb's BookSmart software is free, runs on a Mac or PC, and offers a wide variety of templates created by commercial book designers. The software enables anyone to create, share, and distribute affordable, beautiful, bookstore-quality books. 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 2005 and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem anthem [ultimately from antiphon], short nonliturgical choral composition used in Protestant services, usually accompanied and having an English text. The term is used in a broader sense for "national anthems" and for the Latin motets still used occasionally in Venture Partners, Blurb is bringing book publishing to the masses. Blurb's free BookSmart[TM] software runs on a Mac or PC; users pay only when they publish their books. The software is available for download at www.blurb.com. About MothersClick Inspired and co-founded by first-time mom, Andra Davidson, MothersClick is a dynamic and interactive community designed exclusively for busy moms and mothers' groups. The site introduced the world's first geo-mapping system for mothers' groups which helps moms to locate existing mothers' groups in their local areas and globally. MothersClick provides the tools and services for organizing and managing group communications, events and activities, such as playgroups and co-ops, and it helps maximize the value of moms' time spent online by sharing knowledge - asking questions and finding answers to the experiences of motherhood and parenting. For more information, visit www.mothersclick.com or email info@mothersclick.com. |
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