As many of you know, I love compiling my photos after a trip, then completing a photo book. Over three years ago, when we came home after our five month trip to the Middle East and Europe, I set to work, relishing seeing all our photos again, and producing three books – one for the Middle East, one for our three months spent in Italy, and one for our Poland, Slovenia and Switzerland explorations.
I had also kept a blog during the trip and thought it would be nice to have a hard copy, so I sought out blog-to-book software, settling on Blurb’s Booksmart. Initially, I thought that maybe I could incorporate my blog into a wider book, filling in the bits I never got to write about when I was away, but life intervened, and the project languished for months at a time. Finally, a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to finish it off; my forthcoming trip and the fact that the company was offering a 40% discount for a limited time were added incentives!
After proof-reading over 100 pages, I finally sent it off for printing, receiving it back last week. It was just what I needed to cheer me up:
Oh, how absolutely lovely and wonderful! xxoo!
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What a great idea! Was it hard to convert the blog? I’ve used Blurb for photo books but nothing with lots of text.
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Well, I started it over three years ago, so my memory is a bit dim. It was actually really easy to convert – just had to give the link, then it allowed me to choose the blogposts I wanted, and imported the text. I could then choose the layout for each page (as I wanted to include photos too). There was quite a bit of tidy up of the layouts necessary in the end (as I wanted new posts to start on new pages, mostly), but it was a lot easier than copying and pasting!
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PS. It was also quite cool that I could get a pdf version of the book for just $5 too.
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Looks fabulous! I second Turia’s question. I have no experience with photobooks but I have occasionally thought of transferring my blog into book form (perhaps a volume for each year?), as a sort of “permanent backup,” just for me. 🙂
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You should!
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That looks awesome! Makes me want to go back and peruse your other big some more.
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Wow. What a splendid idea. The cover looks awesome.
I want to make a book too of my bird and butterfly photos.
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You should!
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That’s a nice idea!! I love photo books too but never tried it. The cover page is fantastic.
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Thanks for the comment on my cover page. It took me ages to decide which photo would work!
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this so cool….sLOVEnia is in your photo album!
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That looks fab. I was just thinking I needed to read the posts for one of your destinations which I’m hoping to visit soon.
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What a fantastic idea. Congratulations on getting it done.
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Oooh — pretty! Doing something like this has been on my to-do list for a loooooong time. You’re happy with the whole experience with Blurb?
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Gorgeous photo–this looks like it would make a great coffee table book (and I like that it’s by Mali!).
You must be getting very excited… will a puffin grace the cover of your next travel book, I wonder?
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