Comments on: Blurb to jump into Europe http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/ It's that simple -- and that hard. And that inescapable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:44:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bart http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-51516 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:52:30 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-51516 From a designer’s point of view the blurb.com website looks much fancier than lulu.com. This is already a first start on targetting a niche.

]]> By: Some thoughts on Mike Shatzkin’s thoughts (part one) « Eoin Purcell’s Blog http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-50690 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:05:14 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-50690 [...] has worried me for a while And I have written about it before too. I suspect there will not be a huge call on this in Ireland but I know that several friends and [...]

]]> By: eoinpurcell http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-16752 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:31:23 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-16752 Deborah,

I totally agree on the price and distribution point. I do think that Blurb has the capacity to deliver high quality books though and that is fairly important, even with its weak points!
Eoin

]]> By: Deborah Woehr http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-16744 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:02:20 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2007/06/16/blurb-to-jump-into-europe/#comment-16744 I just tested out Blurb for both a photo book and a novel on Friday. While I was impressed with their software, I was disappointed by their prices. Then there is the lack of an online distribution service, which Lulu has. As it stands now, Lulu is the better choice if you’re going to publish and market a book.

That said, I still plan to watch Blurb to see how it evolves. It has great potential.

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