Tips & Tricks
How to Start a Travel Blog
Like to travel? Like to blog? Well then, why not learn how to start an official travel blog? Believe it or not, even in the age of Instagram, a ...
Planning & Creating
How Many Pages Should a Book Be?
One of the most frequent questions people making books ask is “How many pages should my book be?” The answer is, it depends on what kind of book you ...
Photography
Daniel Milnor’s Notes on Photography │ Sicily
Notes on Photography is a blog series all about images. In each edition, Daniel Milnor revisits an old photograph and shares his notes on what works within each shot, ...
Planning & Creating
Book Layout & Design Ideas: Layout 8
This blog series aims to provide some basic book design ideas for your books, magazines, and ebooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not meant ...
Planning & Creating
Book Layout & Design Ideas │ Layout 7
This blog series is designed to provide some basic book design ideas for your books, magazines, or ebooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not ...
Photography
Daniel Milnor’s Notes on Photography│Paris
Notes on Photography is a blog series all about images. Each month, Daniel Milnor will revisit an old photograph and share his notes on what works within each shot, ...
Tips & Tricks
February 19 Hit the Books Webinar Recap | How to Build Your Brand
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor is a monthly webinar about all things book-making and self-publishing. This month, we’ll discuss building your brand and explore some of the ways ...
Design Tools, Photography
How to Take Better Photos
Let’s face it, for those of us consumed by both the idea and practice of photography, we find ourselves in a constant struggle to improve. There seems to be ...
Photography
An Interview with Pete Souza
In the middle of promoting his new book, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents, former White House photographer for President Obama Pete Souza stopped by the Blurb offices in ...
Photography
10 Types of Photographs Every Photographer Should Take
Whether you are building a professional career in photography, or simply pursuing a passion, some shots are simply compulsory. Here are 10 types of photo that every photographer should ...
Photography
How to Create a Photography Portfolio
Back when I started in photography, somewhere in the early 1990s, the options for photography portfolios were somewhat limited and often pricier than young photographers could afford.
Because I was ...
Photography
What Makes a Great Photographer?
I wish I could say, “Takes one to know one,” but being named a great photographer isn’t something you do for yourself. You wait until a variety of other, ...
Photography
How to Be a Photographer
Dan Milnor has built a wide-ranging and hugely successful career out of his passion for photography. So who better to ask how to become a photographer? Whether you’re just ...
Photography
Daniel Milnor’s Notes on Photography │ White Sands
Notes on Photography is a blog series all about images. Each month, Daniel Milnor will share photography tips by revisiting an old photograph and sharing his notes on what works ...
Self-Publishing
How to Stand Out as a Creative
It seems that more and more people are entering the creative fields. On the surface, this is a great thing. It means new perspectives, new ideas, and more opportunities ...
Promoting & Marketing
Readymag: An Exclusive Offer for Blurb Book-Makers
Good news Blurb fans! Blurb is joining forces with Readymag, an online design tool that offers an easy way to create anything on the web—including websites, magazines, photo stories, ...
Photography
The New York State of Photographic Mind
No matter how many times I venture to New York, I still find the city impossible to define. Block to block, from Harlem to Brooklyn, Eastside to Westside, downtown ...
Photography
Daniel Milnor’s Notes on Photography │Glamis Dunes
Notes on Photography is a blog series all about images. Each month, Daniel Milnor will revisit an old photograph and share his notes on what works within each shot, ...
Tips & Tricks
Hit the Books: True to Type
Even if you are making an image-heavy Photo Book, you will probably use captions, titles, or subtitles to help define your photos. The legibility and arrangement or design of ...
Ideas & Examples
Book Layout & Design Ideas: Layout 5
This blog series is designed to provide some basic book design ideas for your books, magazines, or ebooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not ...
Planning & Creating
Book Layout & Design Ideas – Layout 4
This blog series is designed to provide some basic book design ideas for your books, magazines, or ebooks. The spreads you see here, and the added notes, are not ...
Photography
Daniel Milnor: Notes on Photography │Sahara
Notes on Photography is a blog series all about images. Each month, Dan Milnor shares photography tips by revisiting an old photograph and sharing his notes on what works ...
Photography
Hit the Books: How to Take Photographs on the Road
I have a long and interesting set of memories when it comes to the road trip, with both family and friends. There was the agonizing trip to the Football ...
Ideas & Examples
The Enduring Power of Magazines
Every serious photographer wants a book. After all, historically, the book represents acceptance and credibility at the highest level. But right alongside the precious and almighty book lies the ...