So, I read someone's blog back in December and they were talking about publishing their blog as a book. I went to the sight they were talking about (Blurb.com) and I started working on publishing my blog. I downloaded a program called "Booksmart" to my computer and then uploaded entries from my blog into the program. I then went to creating each page in the book. I started with just the first year I blogged--2006. When I had all of those entries into the format I liked, I uploaded it to Blurb.com and they printed into a book. I ordered a softback copy of my blog and received it in the mail this week. I am so excited to have it here.
Now, I am working on the next couple of years because my goald is to be all caught up and have 4 volumes of my blog on my shelf by December (2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009). If I get this done, I can have 2010 on my shelf my next February. I am so excited! Now I can justify sitting at the computer blogging because I know how to make it into a book.
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I know you are loving this! I am using bloggertobook.com right now, but not liking it so much.
Obviously you are loving Blurb. My question is, how big is your finished book and how big are pictures I see on the pages above?
Sorry for all the questions. I have looked at Blurb several times and considered it. If I know these answers I will probably switch.
That is the only reason I blog. It's to make it into a book. My Sister in laws told me about it a few years ago. But no one is doing it yet. So I am glade to see you've started yours. I'll need to come over and take a look at it and ask you a ton of questions.:)
Oh I LOVE it!! It looks GREAT!!
I want to turn my blog into books SO bad but just haven't taken the time..... I want to also make them to give to my parents and in-laws for Christmas.
I'm wanting to do the same thing with my blog, too! I've recorded so much of our adoption history, etc, and my blog has become sort of like a journal for me of all of the 'goings on' in our lives. Was it really easy to do? Not too time consuming? And do you mind if I ask you how much it cost you to do that book? I'm really excited to get ours on paper soon, too!! Yours looks really cute! :)
Thanks for sharing with us!! :)
That is neat - I've heard of people doing that, but never really wanted to (knowing I sometimes put weird stuff on my blog!) But thinking of it as volumes of a blog to go back and read is kind of cool...makes me want to blog better if I ever do that.
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