Comments on: Blurb http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:26:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Connor’s Conundrums » Making a Blook with Wordpress and Pages http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20614 Connor’s Conundrums » Making a Blook with Wordpress and Pages Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:20:53 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20614 [...] And so, when I was reminded about my blook desire after reading Ben’s post, I decided to put off the ~10 other things I was supposed to do today (except for attending the temple, of course) and write my own script to do just this. [...] [...] And so, when I was reminded about my blook desire after reading Ben’s post, I decided to put off the ~10 other things I was supposed to do today (except for attending the temple, of course) and write my own script to do just this. [...]

]]> By: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20572 Ben Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:17:07 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20572 True. For those who don't know how (or want) to pull the text in themselves, Blurb would probably be better. For me, though, it's easy enough to pull the text from MySQL (along with comments) and tag it appropriately so I can use regular expressions to assign styles in Word (InDesign doesn't do regular expressions yet) and import it into InDesign ready to go. Besides, the graphic designer in me strongly prefers having control over layout. :) True. For those who don’t know how (or want) to pull the text in themselves, Blurb would probably be better. For me, though, it’s easy enough to pull the text from MySQL (along with comments) and tag it appropriately so I can use regular expressions to assign styles in Word (InDesign doesn’t do regular expressions yet) and import it into InDesign ready to go. Besides, the graphic designer in me strongly prefers having control over layout. :)

]]> By: Connor http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20563 Connor Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:39:58 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20563 As far as I've seen thus far, Lulu offers no automation for converting a blog into a book. You have to copy/paste and format all the text into a document yourself, correct? As far as I’ve seen thus far, Lulu offers no automation for converting a blog into a book. You have to copy/paste and format all the text into a document yourself, correct?

]]> By: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20255 Ben Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:04:10 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20255 Yes, this is a photo book compiled by me from my <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/crowderb" rel="nofollow">Flickr photos</a>. You just download their BookSmart software (runs on both Mac and Windows), slurp in your photos, and drag them into place. It's very easy. (I do wish they had more flexibility with the layouts, but they're aiming at the Grandma market.) I did notice that they don't yet support non-WP.com WordPress blogs. I think I'd rather do my blog book (<i>From the Top of the Mountains</i>) through Lulu, though -- a blog book seems to me to be more text-centric (at least in the case of this one), and Lulu's better at that. It would also be much cheaper -- 300 pages with Lulu would be $10, far cheaper than the <a href="http://www.blurb.com/book/pricing" rel="nofollow">$60 with Blurb</a>. (Granted, this is an apples-and-oranges comparison.) Summary: I'll be doing photo books with Blurb and text books with Lulu. Yes, this is a photo book compiled by me from my Flickr photos. You just download their BookSmart software (runs on both Mac and Windows), slurp in your photos, and drag them into place. It’s very easy. (I do wish they had more flexibility with the layouts, but they’re aiming at the Grandma market.)

I did notice that they don’t yet support non-WP.com WordPress blogs. I think I’d rather do my blog book (From the Top of the Mountains) through Lulu, though — a blog book seems to me to be more text-centric (at least in the case of this one), and Lulu’s better at that. It would also be much cheaper — 300 pages with Lulu would be $10, far cheaper than the $60 with Blurb. (Granted, this is an apples-and-oranges comparison.)

Summary: I’ll be doing photo books with Blurb and text books with Lulu.

]]> By: Connor Boyack http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20221 Connor Boyack Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:17:49 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/01/25/blurb/#comment-20221 DId you compile the book yourself? And is this just a photo book, not a blog book? They don't yet support wordpress blogs (save the ones that are hosted on wordpress.com) but I'm told they'll have support this year... DId you compile the book yourself? And is this just a photo book, not a blog book? They don’t yet support wordpress blogs (save the ones that are hosted on wordpress.com) but I’m told they’ll have support this year…

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